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.

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 ...

The new administration has reportedly asked federal health agencies to stop all external communications pending a review.

"National security, public health, and medical care rely on the accurate and rapid collection and communication of information," she said. "Efforts to control, suppress, and subvert the foundational ...

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 ...

The Trump administration ordered an immediate pause on public communications from federal health agencies like the CDC, FDA, and NIH. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) says it ...

No person-to-person spread has been detected, but that doesn’t mean an H5N1 avian influenza pandemic isn’t possible or even ...

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

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

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

W ith respiratory-disease season in full swing and a bird flu outbreak rapidly evolving, the new Trump Administration has ordered federal health agencies to secure White House approval before ...