His team at HHS has paused critical communications and meetings, right as public health officials are worried about bird flu.

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 halt has frozen research grants, meetings and key health updates. “Everything is basically in chaos,” said one cancer researcher.

The Health and Human Services Department won’t issue health advisories, reports or other materials until further notice, with limited exceptions.

The Trump administration has promised an overhaul of various government agencies. What will happen to the Health Department?

Houston Park and John Knox, trained firefighters, are also in line for roles helping oversee the nation’s emergency preparedness and response.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has paused public communications until Feb. 1 as Trump appointees take control of health agencies.

President-elect Donald Trump's transition team reportedly tapped a former senior health official from the president-elect's first term and a friend to top Trump loyalists to be Robert F. Kennedy Jr's chief of staff.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is telling senators considering his nomination to lead the government’s health agencies he merely wants transparency about vaccines.

A government website that provided information on reproductive rights appears to have gone offline around the same time Donald Trump returned to office. Newsweek has contacted the Trump-Vance transition team and the Department of Health and Human Services for comment via email.

Here are some of the actions Trump’s nominees could take on abortion, if confirmed, from HHS to the Justice Department.