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.

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

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,

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

As the new Administration considers its plan for managing the federal policy and public communications processes, it is important that the President’s appointees and designee

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,