The CDC released some new flu data to the public on Friday, despite the Trump administration’s halt of nearly all scientific communication coming from federal health agencies.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released some new flu data to the public, despite the Trump administration’s halt of nearly all scientific communication coming from federal health agencies.

The Trump administration is crafting an executive order that would halt federal funding for gain-of-function research. (Wall Street Journal via MSN) Meanwhile, Trump is cracking down on telework with a return-to-work order and MedPage Today plans to write about federal workers at health agencies who will be affected.

A number of other health agencies are also operating without acting heads, including the FDA and the National Institutes of Health.

With federal health agencies such as the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under a temporary freeze on public communications, some data and publications have not been released on their normal schedule.

The CDC’s primary medical journal for disseminating public health information went unpublished this week — seemingly for the first time ever — amid a communications freeze issued by HHS to the nation’s various health agencies.

President Trump has picked former Congressman David Weldon to serve as his CDC director. Previous directors have been able to start soon after they were picked. But under a law passed by Congress in 2022, Weldon will need to be confirmed by the Senate before starting in the position.

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Federal health agencies were ordered to pause all communications this week, but these Washington health organizations are still running.

The Trump administration has paused almost all external communication from health agencies including the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management said the H5N1 strain of avian influenza was detected in a noncommercial flock in southern Washington County. RIDEM said that it euthanized 40 birds in order to “minimize their suffering from the infection and prevent the spread of the disease to other birds.