In a memo obtained by NPR, acting Health Secretary Dorothy Fink forbade staff from public communications on most matters until Feb. 1, unless they get express approval from "a presidential appointee." ...

The memo says staff should coordinate with presidential appointees before issuing official communications to public officials ...

Employees of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services were told to halt all public communications Tuesday.

An 'immediate pause' has been ordered on any regulations, guidance, announcements, press releases, social media and website posts until approved by a political appointee.

The Trump administration has put a freeze on many federal health agency communications with the public through at least the end of the month.

Experts say it's common to wait until new teams are in place but is a concern if it means "going back to a prior approach of ...

Federal health officials have been instructed to temporarily stop any “external communications” to the public, according to ...

Dr. Dorothy Fink, the acting secretary for the Department of Health and Human Services under President Donald Trump, has ...

As of Jan. 22, the incoming Trump administration has frozen most communications routinely posted by the Department of Health and Human Services, effective until at least Feb. 1. There has been no ...

A flurry of executive orders and other actions Trump issued on his first day back in office included rescinding directives by his predecessor, former President Joe Biden, that had promoted lowering ...

President Donald Trump issued a flurry of executive orders and other actions on healthcare, signaling he intends to reverse ...