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

The Trump Administration has frozen many federal health agencies’ communications with the public until at least the end of the month.

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 other forms of communication. Scientific meetings were also canceled for the time being, including of advisory panels.

President Trump has picked former Congressman David Weldon to serve as his CDC director. Previous directors have been able to start soon after they were picked. But under a law passed by Congress in 2022, Weldon will need to be confirmed by the Senate before starting in the position.

With federal health agencies such as the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under a temporary freeze on public communications, some data and publications have not been released on their normal schedule.

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

The CDC’s primary medical journal for disseminating public health information went unpublished this week — seemingly for the first time ever — amid a communications freeze issued by HHS to the nation’s various health agencies.

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Now, Trump has tamped down health communications from government agencies, including the CDC, pending approval from the new administration. Trump has singled out government health agencies, including the CDC, to suspend workers who are on the payroll specifically to advance diversity, equity and inclusion.

The Trump administration is crafting an executive order that would halt federal funding for gain-of-function research. (Wall Street Journal via MSN) Meanwhile, Trump is cracking down on telework with a return-to-work order and MedPage Today plans to write about federal workers at health agencies who will be affected.