US EditionLeft-leaning physicians group sues over federal websites scrubbing health information
- Doctors for America filed a lawsuit against the Office of Personnel Management, CDC, FDA, and HHS for removing health-related data from government websites.
- The lawsuit states that the removal creates a dangerous gap in scientific data necessary for monitoring disease outbreaks.
- The complaint argues that this removal endangers patient health and research that benefits the American public.
- The lawsuit seeks to hold these agencies accountable for their responsibilities to provide accessible health information.
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CDC, FDA, HHS Sued After Health Webpages Go Down
A medical group filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and several U.S. health agencies for removing webpages and data from agency websites in recent days. Doctors for America filed the lawsuit against OPM, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over the removal of “a range of health-related data and other i…
·New York, United States
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Scientist calls the disappearance of federal health data a 'digital book burning'
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Nancy Krieger, a social epidemiologist at Harvard University, about her efforts to preserve federal health data that recently disappeared from government websites.
·Washington, United States
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