HHS, CDC, FDA, NIH -- to pause all external communications, including weekly scientific reports, health advisories, data updates, and other information. (AP) Meanwhile, the HHS website scrubbed search results for the word "abortion,

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.

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

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

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The orders were delivered Tuesday to staff at agencies inside the US Department of Health and Human Services, including the FDA, CDC and more.

The Trump administration has directed key federal health agencies to temporarily stop all external communications, including health advisories, scientific reports, website updates, and social media posts.

The Alabama Department of Public Health issued a statement about its current investigation into certain “adverse events” following an injection.