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# Temporary Embargo on FDA Communications
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/temporary-embargo-on-fda-communications/
- Published: 2025-01-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T14:51:26.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: FDA Policy/General, #legacy-id-D5158529

The Trump Administration has placed FDA and other government health agencies under an external communications embargo until 2/1\. The move, which previous administrations have also ordered in their early transition days, reportedly gives the agencies time for the new political appointees to set up their review and approval of information communicated to the public.

The order to freeze public communications applies to guidance documents, *Federal Register* notices, regulations, announcements, presentations, press releases, social media posts and Web site posts, according to an HHS memo obtained by the Associated Press.

Meanwhile, HHS secretary-nominee **Robert F. Kennedy Jr.**’s confirmation hearing date is set for 1/29 after getting bogged down due to an Office of Government Ethics review of his financial disclosure forms and whether they reveal any conflicts of interest. FDA commissioner-nominee and Johns Hopkins surgeon **Marty Makary**’s confirmation hearing will likely be held after RFK Jr. faces his Senate grilling.