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

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." ...

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 ...

Legislation that would block hospitals from transfusing blood containing COVID-19 antibodies or “synthetic mRNA” could have ...

The FDA is proposing a limit on the amount of nicotine in cigarettes and certain other combustible tobacco products to reduce ...

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

The Trump administration has put a freeze on many federal health agency communications with the public through at least the end of the month. In a memo obtained by The Associated Press, acting ...

Proponents aim to end a cycle of nicotine addiction, concerned that fruity and candy flavors are drawing in young people.

The Trump administration has paused federal health agencies' communications with the public until February 1 by issuing a ...

The Trump administration’s directive to halt external communications from federal health agencies raised concern Wednesday among Bay Area health experts and local agencies, who warned that the pause ...

A number of other health agencies are also operating without acting heads, including the FDA and the National Institutes of ...

In instructions delivered one day after the new administration took office, officials at the FDA , CDC and NIH said they were ...