The CDC on Thursday urged labs nationwide to determine within 24 hours of admission whether people hospitalized with the flu have seasonal influenza or are infected with the bird flu that's behind an escalating outbreak in dairy cows and poultry.

The Trump administration told federal public health agencies like the CDC that they are not to communicate health messages for now. The hold includes memos, reports, online posts, website updates and other forms of communication. Scientific meetings were also canceled for the time being, including of advisory panels.

Agencies subject to the Department of Health and Human Services directive include the CDC, the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration.

The pause also applies to anything intended to be published in the Federal Register, where the executive branch communicates rules and regulations, and the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, a Cen

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

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

As part of his blitz of executive orders, President Trump delivered on a promise to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization. The Trump White House accuses the WHO of mishandling the COVID-19 pandemic and bias toward China.

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The Trump administration has paused many federal health agency communications until approved by political appointees, affecting key public health information.

The Trump Administration potentially issued a pause on a variety of communications going out from the nation’s top health agencies, according to reporting

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