A court order directing the US Food and Drug Administration to restore a webpage for the clinical trial diversity action plan guidance could lead to reinstatement of other information removed from the agency’s website in recent weeks.
US FDA Diversity Action Plan And Sex Differences Webpages Restored: Will Others Follow?
A federal judge granted Doctors for America’s motion for a temporary restraining order directing the FDA and CDC to restore information removed from the agencies’ websites to comply with a presidential executive order targeting “gender ideology extremism.”

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