President Donald Trump's first week in office came with big changes to U.S. health agencies, including the pausing of all external communications and banning travel.

The past three administrations have tried to limit gain-of-function research. The second Trump administration might be the first one to be successful at doing so.

The Trump administration continues its deluge of executive orders that directly affect science and research, just days after being sworn in. Following the executive orders (EOs) taking the United States out of the Paris Agreement and World Health Organization and the scientific nonsense in the EO on trans and non-binary people,

The Trump administration has appointed Matthew Memoli, a veteran researcher who was critical of the U.S. response to the Covid pandemic, as acting head of the NIH.

Mayo Clinic is the second-largest recipient of NIH funding in Minnesota. The Trump administration's freeze on meetings to review funding applications could have a downstream effect on local medical research.

An email obtained by NPR says NIH employees are subject to a travel freeze and offers of employment are being rescinded. Scientists worry about disruptions to critical research.

The CNN poll also showed support for labels about alcohol consumption and cancer risk, as recommended by the U.S. surgeon general earlier this month.

The current director of the National Institutes of Health, Monica M. Bertagnolli, M.D., has announced that she will step down from the position on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025.

President Donald Trump's administration has placed a freeze on information being released from government health agenc

President Donald Trump's first week in office came with big changes to U.S. health agencies, including the pausing of all external communications and banning travel.

One of the CDC's weekly health publications was not published on its regular schedule, and some data about flu and vaccinations wasn't updated.

All communication from federal health agencies will be paused until Feb. 1 while the new Trump-Vance administration catches up.