Trump administration agrees to restore health websites and data
Source: AP
Updated 2:37 PM EDT, September 3, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal officials have agreed to restore health- and science-related webpages and data under to a lawsuit settlement with doctors groups and other organizations who sued.
The settlement was announced this week by the lead plaintiffs in the case, the Washington State Medical Association.
Soon after President Donald Trump’s inauguration, federal health officials deleted or removed information on a range of topics including pregnancy risks, opioid-use disorder and the AIDS epidemic. The move was made in reaction to a Trump executive order that told agencies to stop using the term “gender” in federal policies and documents.
The administration saw it as a move to end the promotion of “gender ideology.” Doctors, scientists and public health advocates saw it as an “egregious example of government overreach,” says Dr. John Bramhall, the organization’s president, said in a statement.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/health-websites-lawsuit-0b1e155ecb9c95632e3b4121f4988b4d
Link to PRESS RELEASE - Defendants in WSMA v. Kennedy Agree to Restore Deleted Public Health Data in Win for Washington's Patients and Health Professionals
Link to sites to be restored (PDF) - http://www.wsma.org/doc_library/advocacy/database-litigation-affected-websites-mar-19.pdf
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