The complaint says that removing webpages and datasets creates “a dangerous gap in the scientific data available to monitor and respond to disease outbreaks, deprives physicians of resources that guide clinical practice and takes away key resources for communicating and engaging with patients,” according to a Feb. 4 news release.
The physician group is represented by Public Citizen Litigation Group and the suit was filed Feb. 4.
“These federal agencies exist to serve the American people by protecting public health,” lead counsel Zach Shelley, an attorney at Public Citizen Litigation Group, said in the release. “Removing this vital information flouts that mandate. Our lawsuit seeks to hold them to their responsibilities to the people of this country.”
