Report: The Trump Administration’s Stop-Work Order and Funding Freeze likely affected 32 USAID-Funded Clinical Trials
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In January 2025 the Trump administration’s stop-work order and funding freeze shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). In an egregious violation of clinical research ethics, USAID-funded clinical trials were abruptly halted, jeopardizing the health of trial participants and the integrity of the research. This report documents 32 USAID-funded clinical trials likely affected by the stop-work order. They were conducted across 25 countries and may have affected as many as 94,150 participants.