The memo says staff should coordinate with presidential appointees before issuing official communications to public officials.

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

President Trump on Tuesday ordered key federal health agencies to pause all external communications, multiple outlets reported and Axios confirmed. Why it matters: The health agencies' website updates,

Trump told TIME in April he would close the White House's pandemic preparedness office. It's losing most of its staff during the transition, according to Biden officials.

One of the many pages on the new White House website that is currently offline is for its Office of Gun Violence Prevention.

President Donald Trump is pulling the U.S. out of the World Health Organization, raising concerns about the U.N. agency's ability to fight diseases and respond to emergencies around the globe without its biggest funder.

Read about an executive order signed by Trump directing federal employees to return to office on a full-time basis and another EO reinstating Schedule F.

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

"The bottom line is that withdrawing from the WHO makes Americans and the world less safe," says Dr. Tom Frieden, president and CEO of the nonprofit health organization Resolve to Save Lives and former director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

In the days after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, a second Trump presidency seemed out of the question to many. Then came a series of events detailed in a video drawn from the documentary “Trump’s Comeback.

As part of his blitz of executive orders, President Trump delivered on a promise to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization. The Trump White House accuses the WHO of mishandling the COVID-19 pandemic and bias toward China.