The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has paused public communications until Feb. 1 as Trump appointees take control of health agencies.

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 conditions,

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The first week of President Donald Trump’s second term included several executive orders and actions that will be detrimental to public health.

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

President Donald Trump's first week in office came with big changes to U.S. health agencies, including the pausing of all external communications and banning travel.

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

His team at HHS has paused critical communications and meetings, right as public health officials are worried about bird flu.

Public health experts say there could be massive implications after President Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization.

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.

Dr. Dorothy Fink, the acting secretary for the Department of Health and Human Services under President Donald Trump, has instructed the heads of every federal health agency to stop public communication.

Dr Stephanie Psaki - who worked on infectious disease responses - wrote in an editorial this weekend that Americans were not being protected from Marburg virus , which kills up to 88 percent of people it infects.