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Trump Issues Gag Order for CDC, FDA; Stalled Hearing for RFK Jr.; Sex After Cancer

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The Trump administration instructed federal health agencies -- HHS, CDC, FDA, NIH -- to pause all external communications, including weekly scientific reports, health advisories, data updates, and other information. (AP)

Meanwhile, the HHS website for the word "abortion," and ReproductiveRights.gov -- a site the Biden administration launched after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade -- is now a broken link. (NPR)

The U.S. also ordered federal by Wednesday night, with staff placed on paid administrative leave by 5 p.m. (New York Times)

Here's why Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s has stalled. (U.S. News & Word Report)

Meanwhile, endocrinologist Dorothy Fink, MD, was tapped to serve as . (Washington Post)

Sylvia Trent-Adams, MD, the president of the University of North Texas Health Science Center, resigned after an investigation revealed the . (NBC News)

A brain implant allowed a paralyzed man to as he imagined moving his fingers. (Nature Medicine)

Most Americans monitor their heart with smartwatches but few share the captured data with their doctor, from the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center found.

Women treated for opioid use disorder were than others. (JAMA Internal Medicine)

Patients said they wished doctors would discuss . (NPR)

Here's why it's hard to use . (MIT Technology Review)

The FDA cleared the for patients with suspected acute bacterial or viral infection or sepsis, Inflammatix announced.

And the over "significant" problems, including contamination, at a Massachusetts manufacturing plant.

In more Trump administration news, Germany will to remain in the World Health Organization, its health minister said. (Politico)

Former Georgia Rep. Doug Collins (R), Trump's pick to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs, said for the agency to stay relevant. (Military Times)

This is what Trump and his nominees , three former officials advised. (STAT)

The health tech industry appeared relieved that Trump aimed at regulating AI companies. (Politico)

Trump granted a to Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who was sentenced to life in prison in 2015 for running an underground market for drug dealers and others using bitcoin. (The Guardian)