Trump administration orders federal health agencies to halt external communications amid review process
By lauraharris // 2025-01-27
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  • Federal health agencies under the Trump administration have been ordered to pause external communications, including scientific reports, website updates and health advisories.
  • The pause, which began on Jan. 21, is intended to allow the new administration to establish a review process for public communications.
  • Agency employees must have all documents and communications reviewed and approved by a presidential appointee before issuance, with prohibitions on public speaking engagements and requirements for coordination with appointees on official correspondence.
  • The directive is set to be in effect through Feb. 1, with instructions for employees to notify higher-ups of any documents or communications that should be exempt due to legal requirements or critical health and safety concerns.
  • The pause has been welcomed by some health experts and organizations, including the CEO of Children's Health Defense and a professor at the University of California, San Francisco, who view it as necessary for avoiding confusion and conflicting information amid policy transitions.
The Trump administration has directed federal health agencies to pause their external communications, including regular scientific reports, website updates and health advisories. According to sources within the agencies, the initial orders delivered on Jan. 21 to staff at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), including officials at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), allow the new team to establish a review process for public communications. (Related: RFK Jr. declares plan to free federal health agencies from Big Pharma.) Acting HHS Secretary Dr. Dorothy Fink instructed leaders at these agencies in a follow-up memo to halt "mass communications and public appearances that are not directly related to emergencies or critical to preserving health." The memo instructed agency employees to have all documents and communications, including regulations, guidance, notices, social media posts, websites and press releases, reviewed and approved by a presidential appointee before issuance. It also prohibited employees from participating in public speaking engagements without approval and required coordination with appointees before issuing official correspondence to members of Congress or governors. Moreover, the directive, set to be in effect through Feb. 1, instructs employees to notify higher-ups of any documents or communications that should be exempt due to legal requirements or critical health and safety concerns. "As the new administration considers its plan for managing the federal policy and public communications processes, it is important that the president's appointees and designees have the opportunity to review and approve any regulations, guidance documents and other public documents and communications (including social media)," Fink said in the memo.

CHD CEO applauds government health pause: 'more than merited' amid policy transition

Mary Holland, CEO of Children’s Health Defense (CHD), welcomed the pause. "This pause for communications from government health bodies is welcome. The priorities and communications of the incoming administration are starkly different of the past one. This step is likely to avoid unnecessary confusion and conflicting information in a time of changing policy," Holland said. Dr. Brian Hooker, the chief scientific officer of the CHD, echoed this sentiment, adding that the pause was "more than merited," especially considering the last-minute allocation of $590 million by the outgoing Biden administration to Moderna for the development of a bird flu vaccine. "Who knows what other zingers might have been planned to thwart the new administration's efforts to reform healthcare in the U.S.?" Hooker said. Dr. Vinay Prasad, a hematologist-oncologist and professor at the University of California, San Francisco also praised the pause and cited the need for reform at the NIH. Prasad noted, highlighting a study published in Nature that showed NIH study section members rarely author highly impactful studies. Meanwhile, Dr. Steven Grossman, a former HHS deputy assistant secretary for health, explained that it's not uncommon for a new administration to briefly pause agency communications for review. "Every new administration wants important commitments and positions to wait until new teams are in place and some semblance of hierarchy restored," Grossman said. Visit Trump.news for more stories related to the president. Watch Howard Lutnick, head of the second Trump transition team, discussing Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s potential position in the Trump administration.
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