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.
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.
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
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,
Nominee to be Secretary of Health and Human Services in the second Trump administration Robert F Kennedy tells Nevada Senator Catherine Cortez Masto at his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing that America's disproportionate COVID-19 death toll,
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The CDC’s primary medical journal for disseminating public health information went unpublished this week — seemingly for the first time ever — amid a communications freeze issued by HHS to the nation’s various health agencies.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 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.
The Trump Administration has placed a communications embargo on critical health agencies, including HHS, FDA, and CDC, suspending updates on data, publications, and health advisories. Concerns over censorship,