Breast cancer page scrubbed from women's health website: report

[laserhaas]

Source: The HILL

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A webpage that focused on breast cancer was reportedly scrubbed from the website of the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office on Women's Health (OWH).

The changes on WomensHealth.gov - which include the removal of material on insurance for low-income people - were detailed in a new report from the Sunlight Foundation's Web Integrity Project and reported by ThinkProgress.

A spokesperson for HHS told ThinkProgress the page was removed Dec. 6, 2017 "because content was not mobile-friendly and very rarely used."

"Before we update any of the information... we engage in a comprehensive audit and use analysis process that includes reviewing other federal consumer health websites to ensure we are not duplicating efforts or presenting redundant information," the spokesperson said

Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/381217-health-dept-scrubs-breast-cancer-page-from-website-on-womens-health?amp&__twitter_impression=true

[sakabatou]

1. "because content was not mobile-friendly and very rarely used."

Part of me doubts this rationale.

[dragonlady]

2. Why not just leave it up until a replacement was ready? nt

[Ohiogal]

3. My ass!

"Among the material removed is information about provisions of the Affordable Care Act that require coverage of no-cost breast cancer screenings for certain women, as well as links to a free cancer screening program administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)," the report said."

They don't want low-income women to find out that some women can get cancer screenings for free as required by the ACA!

Dirty rotten ......... ..... .......

[BumRushDaShow]

4. "reviewing other federal consumer health websites"

Huh? HHS is what? "HEALTH and Human Services"! They SHOULD BE the premier "health website" at the departmental level. All of the regulated industry for "health" falls under HHS and all of the agencies under HHS deal with "health". OWH partnered with those agencies to consolidate the info.

[niyad]

5. and the WAR ON WOMEN continues to accelerate, with the misoygnistic, sexual predator in chief.

[Corgigal]

6. So Russian like,

next we can to downgrade domestic violence. Well, when it's done by men.

[benld74]

7. IKEA cabinet strikes yet again