Month: February 2025

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Public health group alarmed by online ‘DEI Watchlist’ targeting federal staff

A public health advocacy group is raising concerns about a “DEI Watchlist” recently launched by a conservative organization intent on identifying federal workers who might not carry out President Donald Trump’s agenda. The list says it’s “exposing the unelected career staff driving radical Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives within the federal government.” It includes […]

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Social justice groups sue to block Trump executive order restricting care for transgender children

Several social justice groups said Tuesday that they are suing the Trump administration over its new restrictions on gender-affirming medical care for children. On January 28, Trump signed an executive order called “Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation,” which instructed federal agencies to take immediate steps to deny federal funding to any institution that […]

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What to know about polio vaccines, in 4 charts

Kennedy, the son of former US attorney general, senator and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, has written multiple anti-vaccine books, lobbied Congress to give parents exemptions from vaccinating their children and made widely reported, unsubstantiated claims over the past 20 years that vaccines are inadequately tested, including suggesting that polio vaccines increase susceptibility to future […]

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CDC websites, datasets taken down as agency complies with Trump executive orders

Several US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention websites and datasets related to HIV, LGBTQ people, youth health behaviors and more have been removed after the agency was directed to comply with executive orders from President Donald Trump. Trump’s orders require elimination of federal DEI programs and require the government to recognize two sexes: male […]