On July 7, 2025, a coalition of healthcare organizations – including the American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Physicians and Infectious Diseases Society of America, along with a pregnant Massachusetts physician...more
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas on June 18, 2025, issued an order vacating the HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy, published on April 26, 2024, which amended the Health...more
6/20/2025
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HIPAA Privacy Rule ,
Judicial Review ,
Patient Privacy Rights ,
PHI ,
Privacy Laws ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
Statutory Authority ,
Vacated
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued a notice on June 12, 2025, rescinding recent civil rights–related changes to the terms and conditions governing federally funded research (the Rescission). Effective immediately,...more
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) on April 21, 2025, published a notice (the NIH Notice) updating the civil rights provisions of the NIH Grants Policy Statement and creating new requirements that federally funded...more
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced on April 21, 2025, a significant change to the terms and conditions governing federal funding (the Notice) applicable to all NIH grants, cooperative agreements and other...more
4/25/2025
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Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Funding ,
Federal Grants ,
Government Agencies ,
Grants ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Rehabilitation Act ,
Title IX
In a remarkable federal human subject research policy development, it appears that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary's Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections (SACHRP) has been...more
Judge Angel Kelley of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts on March 12, 2025, issued a nationwide preliminary injunction halting the implementation, application or enforcement of the National Institutes...more
A Massachusetts federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order preventing the implementation and enforcement of the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) research funding cut (NOT-OD-25-086) (the Rate Change Notice)....more
2/12/2025
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Federal Funding ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Life Sciences ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Public Health ,
State and Local Government ,
TRO ,
Universities
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) published guidance late on Feb. 7, 2025, setting the indirect cost rate for NIH grants at 15 percent, replacing the negotiated indirect cost rates at many universities, which typically...more
2/11/2025
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Compliance ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Federal Funding ,
Grants ,
Healthcare ,
Life Sciences ,
Medical Research ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
Public Health ,
Research Funding ,
Scientific Research