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

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

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

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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,

The agencies are charged with making decisions that touch the lives of every American and are the source of crucial information to health-care providers.

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

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.

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

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

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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.