In March, the federal government pulled back $11.4 billion in promised funding for state, county and local health departments given out in response to the COVID-19 pandemic for tracking, treating and preventing infectious diseases.

A federal court has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from clawing back millions in public health funding from four Democrat-led municipalities in GOP-governed states. It's the second such federal ruling to reinstate public health funding for several states.

A federal judge sided with a coalition of 16 states, including Maryland, after they sued to block cuts to research funding.