NEW YORK —

Federal officials have agreed to restore health- and science-related webpages and data under a lawsuit settlement with doctors' groups and other organizations that sued.

The settlement was announced this week by the lead plaintiffs in the case, the Washington State Medical Association. Advertisement

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 framed it as a move to end the promotion of "gender ideology." Doctors, scientists and public health advocates saw it as

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