The Trump administration has intervened in the release of important studies on the bird flu, as an outbreak escalates across the United States.

When politicians subordinate scientific institutions to electoral interests, they undermine immediate public health efforts and inflict lasting damage on institutional credibility.

Federal health officials have been instructed to temporarily stop any “external communications” to the public, according to two officials with knowledge of the situation.

Kennedy Jr., Trump's pick for HHS secretary. However, it remains unclear how much could actually change if Kennedy were to be confirmed. To answer that question, MedPage Today spoke with legal experts,

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

The CDC’s primary medical journal for disseminating public health information went unpublished this week — seemingly for the first time ever — amid a communications freeze issued by HHS to the nation’s various health agencies.

As confirmation hearings begin for RFK Jr. nomination as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, many are focused on domestic agenda. The agency has a vast global scope as well.

The CDC confirmed the existence of the pause in a statement. "HHS has issued a pause on mass communications and public appearances that are not directly related to emergencies or critical to ...

RFK Jr.'s confirmation hearings continue today as he appears before a second Senate committee. Follow STAT's live updates.

Robert F Kennedy Jr. is set to have his first hearing Wednesday as President Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of Health and Human Services in which his answers to questions about vaccinations are expected to play a key role in whether he is confirmed to the post.

In a statement, a CDC spokesperson said HHS issued a pause on mass communications and public appearances "not directly related to emergencies or critical to preserving health." "This is a short pause to allow the new team to set up a process for review and ...