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

Overseeing the FDA, NIH and several other public health and medical research divisions, the HHS secretary is a powerful force in how the nation accesses health care.

Agencies subject to the Department of Health and Human Services directive include the CDC, the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration.

U.S. health agencies including the CDC this week canceled meetings with external groups, paused some public health publications and told employees to freeze travel after directives from the Department ...

The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services released a new dashboard showing the top causes of death in the state from 2005 to 2023.

The halt has frozen research grants, meetings and key health updates. “Everything is basically in chaos,” said one cancer researcher.

President Trump has imposed temporary freezes at the National Institutes of Health on meetings, travel, communications and hiring, citing the need to review protocols.

The Trump administration told federal public health agencies like the CDC that they are not to communicate health messages for now. The hold includes memos, reports, online posts, website updates and ...

A flurry of scientific gatherings and panels across federal science agencies were canceled on Wednesday, at a time of ...

Community mental health centers, counties and a state agency have reported vastly different numbers of people who spent time ...

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 ...

Two planned events have been indefinitely postponed as a result of the Trump administration’s freeze on HHS-related mass communications and public appearances.