The Trump administration's unprecedented freeze on the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report has sparked concerns about political meddling. Two reports slated for the journal concern bird flu, as an outbreak escalates across the United States.

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

RFK Jr could soon lead the HHS. Here are the different health agencies it oversees - The member of the Kennedy dynasty has promised to significantly change how the department he could soon lead functi

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced about 3.5 hours of questioning on topics including his past comments on vaccines and abortion during the first of his two confirmation hearings.

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,

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 ...

On January 21, 2025, according to a memo made available by news outlets, Acting Secretary of HHS, Dr. Dorthy Fink, issued a memo directing

The CDC’s primary medical journal for disseminating public health information went unpublished this week — seemingly for the first time ever — amid a communications freeze issued by HHS to the nation’s various health agencies.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 directive to the CDC to halt communications with the World Health Organization was imposed to comply with President Trump's executive order.

The memo says staff should coordinate with presidential appointees before issuing official communications to public officials.

As expected, President Trump's nominee to be the next HHS Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., faced a barrage of tough questions from Democratic senators at a hearing Wednesday while facing less combative ones from Republican lawmakers.