Trump health info blackout shocks providers

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Trump health info blackout shocks providers

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/trump-health-info-blackout-shocks-providers/ar-AA1yjI2M?ocid=windirect&cvid=42afc00af41144a5a4a9e7922da30f83&ei=90

Story by Maya Goldman (3 Feb 2025)

Thousands of webpages containing federal health guidelines and data went dark last week, only for some to reappear over the weekend without clarity on what had been changed or removed — and with disclaimers noting that the pages could be further modified.

Why it matters: The removed sites, primarily maintained by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, covered issues like contraception, transgender health and climate change that President Trump and Republicans have repeatedly targeted.

The blackout shook health researchers and providers and raised the specter of the Trump administration limiting what public health information Americans can see.

A New York Times analysis found that more than 8,000 webpages across federal websites, including 3,000 from CDC, had been removed since Friday afternoon.

Data sets also disappeared: More than 2,200 data sets came offline between President Trump's inauguration and Friday afternoon, according to tallies compiled from data.gov, a repository of publicly available federal data, and the Internet Archive.

The CDC said in a statement that all changes to the Health and Human Services websites are in accordance with President Trump's executive orders that called for an end to federal diversity, equity and inclusion programs and that declared the government will only recognize two sexes, male and female.