An email obtained by NPR says NIH employees are subject to a travel freeze and offers of employment are being rescinded. Scientists worry about disruptions to critical research.

Employees of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services were told to halt all public communications Tuesday.

The Trump administration’s freeze on some government work and communications on health topics pending a political review is alarming the nation’s scientists, who say the move could delay essential ...

Vaccination rates for Alabama’s youngest residents have fallen dramatically since the COVID-19 pandemic. And that’s especially true when it comes to the vaccine for polio. The state’s infants and ...

In a memo obtained by NPR, acting Health Secretary Dorothy Fink forbade staff from public communications on most matters ...

Following his speech, Trump signed a slew of executive orders—declaring a national emergency at the southern border and an end to birthright citizenship, as well as ending use of the CBP1 app, among ...

An email obtained by NPR says NIH employees are subject to a travel freeze and offers of employment are being rescinded. Scientists worry about disruptions to critical research.

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

Experts say it's common to wait until new teams are in place but is a concern if it means "going back to a prior approach of ...

Dr. Dorothy Fink, the acting secretary for the Department of Health and Human Services under President Donald Trump, has instructed the heads of every federal health agency to stop public ...

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