Feb 18, 2025

The great federal data disappearing act

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Some government datasets that businesses rely on have become inaccessible under the Trump administration.

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Trump's Second Term

As federal data disappears, that comes at a cost

by Kimberly Adams

Feb 18, 2025

You can't manage what you can't measure. And under the Trump administration, a number of data sets that investors and businesses use have gone missing.

A CDC page with figures on health disparities among LGBTQ youth was taken down, then republished as a result of a court order — but with a note from the Trump administration at top.

Screenshot, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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The foreign aid freeze is affecting lifesaving HIV/AIDS treatment

by Nova Safo and Alex Schroeder

Feb 18, 2025

The U.N.'s Angeli Achrekar reports that many clinics have closed, despite exemptions in the policy. She fears mortality will surge.

The United Nations says the U.S. PEPFAR program contributes around two-thirds of total financing for HIV response in 20 countries.

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