"Agencies took down info on topics including gender, vaccines, and climate change"
"Top advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are asking the agency’s acting director to explain the abrupt removal of information and data from CDC websites, and say when it will be restored.
In a sharply worded letter sent Saturday, the group asked Acting Director Susan Monarez what the rationale was for removing the data, if the consequences and legal authority of such a decision were considered, what was being done to safeguard the data sets that were removed, and when access to them would return. The letter asks for answers by Feb. 7 and also requests that Monarez convene the advisory committee as soon as possible, to discuss what it called “these unusual developments.”
“Silence is not an option right now,” said one advisory board member, Daniel Dawes, a health policy expert and the author of “The Political Determinants of Health.” “I try to use the term unprecedented sparingly, but I believe this is an unprecedented moment. There will be dire consequences if they do not restore this information and it may not come back if we do not speak out.”
The CDC’s advisory board was created by Congress and includes 12 physicians and public health researchers. Nine of those members signed the letter. Some were overseas or could not be reached, Dawes said."
Usha Lee McFarling reports for STAT News February 1, 2025.
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"CDC Datasets Uploaded Before January 28th, 2025" (Internet Archive)
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"Top ’60 Minutes’ Producer Says He Will Not Apologize Over Trump Lawsuit" (New York Times)
"Kash Patel Received A Massive Gift From Trump's Media Company Before His Hearing" (MSNBC)
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