December 17, 2017

CDC banned from using 7 words, including “science-based,” in budget documents

https://www.vox.com/2017/12/16/16784498/cdc-seven-words-science-transgender-fetus
"The Trump administration has reportedly banned officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from using these seven words in budget documents — a move that some are calling downright Orwellian: evidence-based science-based vulnerable entitlement diversity transgender fetus According to the Washington Post’s Lena Sun and Juliet Eilperin, who broke the story Friday night, CDC policy analysts at headquarters in Atlanta were briefed about the banned words at a Thursday meeting with officials who oversee CDC’s budget.