Judge orders Trump admin to restore $12 million in pediatrics funding

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore nearly $12 million in pediatrics funding.
The U-S District judge said evidence shows the Department of Health and Human Services likely had a “retaliatory motive” when it ended grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics. The 12-million dollars in funding includes money for rural health care and the early identification of disabilities in young children. Judge Beryl Howell wrote that “this is a case about whether the federal government has exercised power in a manner designed to chill public health policy debate.” HHS has denied allegations of retaliation.