{"id":112930,"date":"2025-06-10T10:14:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T14:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citizen.org\/?post_type=article&#038;p=112930"},"modified":"2025-06-10T14:30:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T18:30:42","slug":"report-the-trump-administrations-stop-work-order-and-funding-freeze-likely-affected-32-usaid-funded-clinical-trials","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.citizen.org\/article\/report-the-trump-administrations-stop-work-order-and-funding-freeze-likely-affected-32-usaid-funded-clinical-trials\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: The Trump Administration\u2019s Stop-Work Order and Funding Freeze likely affected 32 USAID-Funded Clinical Trials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizen.org\/article\/usaid-funded-clinical-trials-affected-by-the-trump-administrations-stop-work-order\/\" target=\"_blank\">View report<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizen.org\/news\/trump-administration-stop-work-order-likely-affected-32-usaid-funded-clinical-trials\/\" target=\"_blank\">View press release<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In January 2025 the Trump administration\u2019s 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. 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