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U.S. health experts flying 'absolutely blind' as federal data vanishes

By Bloomberg  
   February 04, 2025

President Donald Trump's end of DEI language in federal agencies has caused U.S. health data to be removed or not be updated. Medical experts warn that the losses, even in areas like flu and Covid tracking where DEI isn't central, make it harder to manage outbreaks and fix health disparities. "When they take that data away, we're absolutely blind," said Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association. "The true impact is more people get sick and more people die."

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