There’s growing concern that the US Department of Health and Human Services is abandoning the US Preventive Services Task Force – or pushing it into “quiet paralysis.” ...

The 16-member U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which usually holds three annual meetings, last met in March of 2025. Its November 2025 ‌meeting did not take place due to ‌a government shutdown.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’s last meeting was in March 2025. It was supposed to meet last July and November, but those meetings were canceled or postponed amid a government shutdown.

For the third time since March 2025, HHS has postponed a planned meeting for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which provides clinical preventive health recommendations to Congress every year.

The federal task force that shapes recommendations for cancer screenings, heart disease prevention and other preventive services has not convened in almost a year — and it’s unclear whether the panel ...

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’s November meeting has been postponed amid the government shutdown, HHS confirmed to The Hill. The task force, which typically meets three times a year, has not ...