Massachusetts joined the multi-state lawsuit earlier Monday to block a Trump administration effort to dramatically cut funding to health researchers at universities and other institutions across the country.

Massachusetts and 22 other states are suing the Trump administration to stop the feds from cutting National Institutes of Health funding. Why it matters: Harvard University and MIT alone rely on hundreds of millions of dollars in NIH funding to advance medical research.

A federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration’s cuts to funding provided by National Institute of Health on Monday.