RFK Jr. Sued Over Cuts to Health-Care Research, Quality Grants

US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is facing a lawsuit over the HHS’ halting of the federal grantmaking process for research into health care, a move that medical groups say illegally blocks the distribution of millions of congressionally approved funds.

Announced Thursday by the Society of General Internal Medicine and North American Primary Care Research Group, the legal challenge stems from the US Department of Health and Human Services firing of grantmaking staff at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The firings came as part of Kennedy’s broader HHS reorganization but resulted in the AHRQ stopping “statutorily required” ...