
Officers on President Donald Trump’s staff have directed federal well being companies to pause exterior communications, together with well being advisories and scientific studies, The Washington Submit reported Jan. 21, citing nameless sources.
The directive, issued Jan. 21, doesn’t specify an finish date and applies to information updates on the CDC web site, public well being information releases from the Nationwide Heart for Well being Statistics, and the CDC’s morbidity and mortality weekly report. Experiences that had been scheduled included updates on the H5N1 avian influenza virus outbreak, the Submit reported.
It stays unclear whether or not the pause applies to pressing communications, resembling foodborne sickness outbreaks, in response to the report.
Some well being officers expressed issues over the pause, citing efforts by the primary Trump administration to manage well being companies’ communications throughout the pandemic. One steered the transfer appears to be “extra about letting them catch their breath” within the transition, the Submit reported.