The USAID Halt and Its Consequences for Clinical Research

The Trump administration’s actions have effectively halted USAID-funded clinical research worldwide, creating an unprecedented situation with significant ethical, legal, and medical implications. Clinical trials that relied on USAID funding have stopped, leaving ongoing research in limbo and raising serious concerns about what happens to trial participants and who bears responsibility for any resulting harm. Key Legal and Ethical Questions: 1. Who is the sponsor? If the U.S. government was ...