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Plan to forbid words at Trump's FDA withdrawn after after report of new CDC policy draws outrage
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Plan to forbid words at Trump's FDA withdrawn after after report of new CDC policy draws outrage

No forbidden words at FDA, agency says, after report of CDC policy draws outrage

WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration hasn't yet received or implemented a policy to ban words like "science-based" or "transgender," according to an agency spokeswoman. Analysts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were banned from using those and five other words, including "fetus," "vulnerable," "entitlement," "diversity," and "evidence-based," in their budget documents in a Thursday meeting, according to a Washington Post...


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