SEATTLE — The Washington State Medical Association announced on Tuesday that a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was settled, and several webpages and resources that were deleted by the federal government will be restored.

In May, a group of nine medical organizations and public health nonprofits based in Washington sued HHS to stop the wrongful deletion of vital public health and science data.

“I am extremely proud of the health care community in Washington state and our partners in this case for pushing back on this egregious example of government overreach,” said John Bramhall, the president of the WSMA, the lead plaintiff in the case representing more than 13,000 physicians in Washington state. “This was not a partisan issue—open data benefits e

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