The White House ordered the CDC to use their emergency powers to effectively seal the US borders in March, overruling the agency’s scientists who said there was no evidence the action would slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.

The White House blocked the release of an FDA guidance document, which detailed steps that pharma companies need to take to produce a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine.

During the summer, top White House officials repeatedly pressured the CDC to downplay the risks of in-person school.

A CDC report was edited and reissued one day later to be softer and less certain about its science-based recommendations.

A final rule upended processes by which science is used to analyze how government projects impact the environment and surrounding communities.

Against the objections of scientists, political appointees at the HHS edited, delayed, and tried to halt numerous CDC reports and studies on COVID-19.

The Census Bureau, under pressure from administration officials, was forced to shorten its 2020 counting efforts by a full month.

In a move strongly opposed by FDA officials, the agency will no longer use science-based checks to regulate a broad swathe of laboratory tests, including coronavirus tests.

The White House’s Coronavirus Task Force and HHS changed the novel coronavirus testing guidelines on the CDC website to fall out of line with the best available science.

The EPA has officially announced that it will not regulate perchlorate, a common ingredient of explosives and rocket fuel, in the nation’s drinking water supplies.