Donald Trump’s data purge has begun
The CDC shares data on a wide range of topics, from chronic diseases to traffic injuries, tobacco use, vaccinations, and pregnancies in the US — and it’s just one of the agencies in the crosshairs.
Trump administration orders purge of some online health data. What will that mean in WA?
State and local health officials are assessing effects of online changes involving national health datasets and informational pages previously available through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A message at the top of the CDC’s main page says, “CDC’s website is being modified to comply with President Trump’s Executive Orders.”
Q&A: The Risks of Trump’s Purge of Federal Health Websites
Pages from federal websites have been gutted in compliance with Trump’s executive orders. Health stakeholders fear the impact that the loss of information could have for the public.
Doctors Group Sues Federal Agencies For Scrubbing Online Health Data
Medical professionals use such data regularly to care for patients, but the Trump administration deleted it from government websites.
Doctors sue U.S. health agencies for removing health data websites per Trump’s order
Tuesday's lawsuit names the CDC, FDA, and their parent agency the Department of Health and Human Services as defendants.
Doctors Sue Trump Administration for Scrubbing Data from Government Sites
Doctors for America filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS).
USDA inspector general didn't order 'mass extermination' of birds to drive up cost of poultry, eggs
Although it is standard procedure to kill flocks with the outbreak of bird flu, posts on social media twisted the truth.
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CDC data site briefly went dark as agency complies with Trump ‘gender ideology’ order
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s data site went offline Friday night as a deadline for compliance with a ...
Trump administration's data deletions set off 'a mad scramble,' researcher says
Researchers are in what one described as “a mad scramble” to sort out what public data the Trump administration has deleted ...
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How to Access Important Health Info That's Been Scrubbed From the CDC Site
The Trump administration removed pages relating to LGBTQ issues, HIV information, racial disparities and more, but you can ...
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CDC removal of databases on sexual orientation, gender identity sparks alarm
Data from an expansive federal survey on youth behavioral habits, including their sexual orientation and gender identity, ...
‘Voice of the CDC’ resumes publication, but experts worry about what they’re not hearing
Dr. Tom Frieden, the CDC director during the Obama administration, said he was pleased to see the journal return but also ...
CDC Leaders Told to Rank Thousands of Workers Amid Layoff Fears
Senior leaders at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been told to rank thousands of probationary employees based on how essential they are to operations as fears of mass layoffs ...
US CDC orders pullback of new scientific papers involving its researchers, source says
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is seeking to withdraw all papers involving its researchers that are ...