Becker's Healthcare January 27, 2025
President Donald Trump’s administration has paused federal health agency external communications through Feb. 1, including updates on the CDC website and public health news releases from the NIH.
Here are six updates:
1. The new administration also ordered an indefinite travel pause for HHS personnel, according to a memo obtained by The Washington Post, the newspaper reported Jan. 23.
2. Meetings, including those to make decisions on NIH grants, have been postponed. An NIH study section scheduled for Jan. 23 to review grants on cancers and other chronic illnesses was canceled with no rescheduling guidance, the Post reported. Another canceled meeting was set to focus on NIH grants with dental researchers.
NIH, the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research,...