The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is going dark, along with other federal agencies within the umbrella of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This week, the returning Trump administration told these agencies to stop talking to the public—for how long, no one knows.

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 silencing the agencies". View on euronews

Scientific meetings were canceled, and research data on the bird flu outbreak was delayed, amid confusion over the directive.

Amid a deluge of executive actions, the Trump administration has directed federal health agencies to pause external communications, such as regular scientific reports, updates to websites and health advisories,

President Donald Trump has ordered a “blackout” for federal health agencies, banning them from publishing external communication. Agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration,