HealthExec September 4, 2025
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has agreed to restore webpages with pertinent health and science information that it deleted in order to comply with an executive order from President Donald Trump. Specifically, content deemed to have any link to “diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI)” was removed from websites operated by the federal government.
The Washington State Medical Association (WSMA), which acted as the plaintiff alongside the state chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, announced the settlement on Thursday—which is tantamount to a victory, as restoring the deleted information was the purpose of the lawsuit.
At the behest of Trump, HHS hastily purged all “DEI” public health information from agency websites, including facts on birth...
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