Federal Health Data Is Disappearing, Freaking Out Researchers and Leaving Democrats Stumped

Researchers and scientists are increasingly worried about the fate of federal government health data after the Trump administration took databases and surveys offline last week, and they fear other federally maintained databases could be the next to vanish.

Democrats in Congress are worried too. There’s just not much they can do about it.

“Terrible, terrible, terrible policy,” Sen. Ron Wyden said. “I’m looking at ways to get that fixed.” He didn’t elaborate on what those ways were.