Federal judge orders HHS to restore $12m in funding to American Academy of Pediatrics

A national judge late Sunday ordered the Trump administration to restore nearly $12 million in grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), after the organization’s backing was abruptly chopped past month.  Judge Beryl Howell of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted a preliminary injunction that volition reconstruct the grants and block the cuts from taking effect while the case proceeds.   Howell concluded that the Department of…