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Across Global South, USAID’s demise raises fears of malaria, TB resurgence
From 2010 to 2023, the number of cases caused by the most common malaria parasite declined from nearly half a million to fewer than 248,000, according to the Global Fund, a United States ...
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US Cancels Ebola Aid in Uganda Despite Elon Musk’s Claims
The Trump administration has officially ended at least four of five United States-funded Ebola contracts in Uganda.
The Diseases Are Coming
For more than a decade, I have worked as a physician and public-health expert responding to infectious diseases around the ...
How foreign aid cuts are setting the stage for disease outbreaks
U.S.-funded organizations helped keep dangerous pathogens in check around the world. Now many safeguards are gone, and ...
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Supreme Court’s USAID ruling sends an important message
The court sides with the rule of law and hands President Trump a big defeat in one of their first confrontations ...
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US Claims Ebola Funding Was Restored. Ugandan Health Workers Still Haven’t Seen the Money.
Elon Musk, an unelected US official leading budget cuts, claims funding to contain Uganda's Ebola outbreak "accidentally" ...
Wilmington woman who works with USAID speaks out on funding freeze
Veltze had worked with USAID on various programs in Latin America, Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa. She got word that she was furloughed shortly after President Donald Trump signed an ...
US State Department Kills Global Air Monitoring Program Researchers Say Paid for Itself
The initiative helped pressure the Chinese government to clean up the air in Beijing and was later expanded to dozens of ...
Mother Jones8d
Musk’s Reckless Ebola Cuts Could Lead to Deadly Pandemics
What does USAID do to prevent the spread of Ebola and other highly infectious and dangerous diseases overseas? So you’ve got ...
What we do—and don’t—know about the mysterious illness in the DRC
The unidentified ailment has sickened 1,300 people and led to more than 50 deaths. Regardless of the cause, experts say ...
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Following pause, NU institute loses USAID funding to improve irrigation practices
The University of Nebraska learned the Trump administration canceled its $19 million contract with the U.S. Agency for ...
Internal Memos: Senior USAID Leaders Warned Trump Appointees of Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths From Closing Agency
One million children will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from malaria and 200,000 more ...