"The action prompted a lawsuit from nine medical groups who alleged the administration's actions were arbitrary, illegal and threatened public health. Driving the news: Under the agreement, the Health and Human Services Department will reinstate the webpages in question to reflect how they appeared online as of January 29, 2025. Once that happens, the case will then dismissed, according to AcademyHealth, one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit."
"It's also unclear how HHS may interpret its role moving forward. "It'll be on us and others to make sure that data is back and then to continue to make sure that it gets updated in the future," Aaron Carroll, president and CEO of AcademyHealth, told Axios. Catch up quick: The Washington State Medical Society and eight other plaintiffs sued HHS and its sub-agencies in May, challenging the loss of "taxpayer-funded webpages, databases and other crucial resources.""
Nine medical groups sued HHS and sub-agencies, alleging the removal of taxpayer-funded public health webpages and databases was arbitrary, illegal and threatened public health. Under the settlement, HHS will reinstate the webpages to their appearance on January 29, 2025, after which the case will be dismissed. Key datasets affected included the CDC Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System and PEPFAR data dashboards. Plaintiffs expressed concern about whether agencies such as CDC will have resources to update the restored data and how HHS will interpret its role going forward. HHS stated commitment to removing what it called radical gender and DEI ideology, subject to law.
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