The Trump administration's recent executive order mandates a pause on outgoing communications from the Department of Health and Human Services, lasting until February 1. This order restricts public health agencies, including the CDC and FDA, from releasing information without presidential approval. Such restrictions raise alarms in the public health sector, particularly given the lack of communication on critical data like the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Officials, like San Mateo County Health's Louise Rogers, express concern that this pause undermines local health departments' ability to respond to communicable diseases effectively.
This pause on communications is concerning and does not bode well for local health departments' collective ability to learn, coordinate and respond to emerging communicable disease problems.
We rely on routine communications from the CDC and others to maintain awareness of what steps the federal government is taking to address problems.
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