A group of Maine physicians is calling on Sen. Susan Collins to reject Robert F Kennedy Jr. as Department of Health and Human ...

All communication from federal health agencies will be paused until Feb. 1 while the new Trump-Vance administration catches up.

U.S. health agencies including the CDC this week canceled meetings with external groups, paused some public health publications and told employees to freeze travel after directives from the Department ...

The Trump administration’s freeze on communications from U.S. health agencies is leading to another disruption: the abrupt cancellation of scientific meetings. The move covers a swath of health ...

An email obtained by NPR says NIH employees are subject to a travel freeze and offers of employment are being rescinded. Scientists worry about disruptions to critical research.

On January 17, 2025, the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published two ...

President Donald Trump was sworn in Monday and by Wednesday had virtually stopped scientific policymaking at the Department ...

The halt has frozen research grants, meetings and key health updates. “Everything is basically in chaos,” said one cancer researcher.

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

Government employees received emails threatening "consequences" if they did not report DEI work to the White House.

Overseeing the FDA, NIH and several other public health and medical research divisions, the HHS secretary is a powerful force in how the nation accesses health care.

In a memo obtained by NPR, acting Health Secretary Dorothy Fink forbade staff from public communications on most matters ...