Search

Home > More or Less: Behind the Stats > The Case of the Missing US Data
Podcast: More or Less: Behind the Stats
Episode:

The Case of the Missing US Data
Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:08:58
Publish Date: 2025-09-27 05:00:00
Description:

In early February 2025, something strange started happening across US government websites.

Decades of data began disappearing from webpages for agencies such as the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health and the Census Bureau. In many cases the entire website went dark. Within a few days some 8,000 government pages and 3,000 datasets had been taken down. Since then, many have been reinstated - but some have not. We speak to Professors Maggie Levinstein and John Kubale to find out why this data was taken away, and why any of it matters.

If you spot any numbers or statistical claims that you think we should check out contact: moreorless@bbc.co.uk

Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Lizzy McNeill Series Producer: Tom Colls Editor: Richard Vadon Production Co-Ordinator: Rosie Strawbridge Audio Mix: Neil Churchill
Total Play: 0

Users also like

300+ Episodes
Best of Natu .. 200+     10+
200+ Episodes
The Infinite .. 1K+     100+
2K+ Episodes
Farming Toda .. 100+     10+
300+ Episodes
In Our Time: .. 400+     40+
400+ Episodes
Friday Night .. 1K+     200+

Some more Podcasts by BBC

2K+ Episodes
Six O'Clock .. 500+     100+
5 Episodes
The High Str .. 100+     5
900+ Episodes
Seriously... 300+     30+
400+ Episodes
In Touch 40+     2
1K+ Episodes
HARDtalk 400+     70+
100+ Episodes
Eye of the S .. 30+     3
600+ Episodes
The Inquiry 600+     40+
30+ Episodes
At Lunch Wit .. 5     1