Federal health officials have been instructed to temporarily stop any “external communications” to the public, according to ...

An executive order from President Trump freezes all mass communication from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention unless it’s approved by the White House.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has paused public communications until Feb. 1 as Trump appointees take control of health agencies.

The Trump administration’s freeze on communications from U.S. health agencies is leading to another disruption: the abrupt cancellation of scientific meetings. The move covers a swath of health ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is going dark, along with other federal agencies within the umbrella of the ...

U.S. health agencies including the CDC this week canceled meetings with external groups, paused some public health publications and told employees to freeze travel after directives from the Department ...

The agencies are charged with making decisions that touch the lives of every American and are the source of crucial ...

The halt has frozen research grants, meetings and key health updates. “Everything is basically in chaos,” said one cancer researcher.

A number of other health agencies are also operating without acting heads, including the FDA and the National Institutes of ...

The Trump administration told federal public health agencies like the CDC that they are not to communicate health messages for now. The hold includes memos, reports, online posts, website updates and ...

The exact scope and duration is clear, and one question is what will happen to release of CDC data that employers and insurers use in pricing.

Past editors of MMWR and prior leaders of CDC lamented the lack of publication, and its potential impact on the distribution of vital public health information. "This is a concerning precedent that ...