Trump Administration Puts Immediate Pause on FDA, CDC, and HHS Reports and Posts

The Trump administration’s has placed a freeze on many federal health agency communications with the public until at least the end of the month. In a Tuesday memo, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Acting Secretary Dorothy Fink told agency staff officials that an “immediate pause” had been ordered on announcements, press releases, social media posts, regulations, and guidance until those communications were approved by an appointee. Agencies that are affected include HHS-supervised agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and many others. The pause is in effect through Feb. 1, according to the memo....