The Trump administration has agreed to restore more than 100 health and science datasets and webpages that federal agencies wiped earlier this year, resolving a lawsuit filed in May by the Washington State Medical Association.
The settlement requires the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to recover any information it deleted from government websites since January, which mainly includes guidance around LGBTQ+ health, trans youth, pregnancy and reproductive care, vaccines, opioid-use treatment, and racism in health care, among other topics. Federal agencies began to remove the webpages following two of President Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 executive orders on gender identity and diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
The Washington State Medical Association and other plaintiff medi