No news might not be good news during the reported shutdown
The Trump Administration potentially issued a pause on a variety of communications going out from the nations top health agencies, according to reporting first from The Washington Post.
According to a memo the AP obtained, Dorothy Fink, acting secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) discussed with her staff leaders an immediate pause that the Trump Administration had enacted on guidance, regulations, press releases, announcements, and social media posts among other communications until they could be approved by a political appointee.
The pause would be in effect until the end of the month, according to the memo, the AP reported.
The public messaging interruption also applies to the scientific publication of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) according to reporting from The Washington Post as well as what is published in the Federal Register, the official daily publication for notices, rules and proposed rules of Federal agencies.
HHS oversees the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the CDC and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
ConsumerAffairs was not able to independently verify the pause in health communications. The Washington Post was the first to report the pause.
We contacted spokespersons for the FDA and the CDC who each directed us to contact HHS. HHS did not respond to a request for comment and neither did NIH.
ConsumerAffairs was unable to contact the press office at the White House. (Page not found).
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Posted: 2025-01-22 22:50:24
