How Foreign Aid Cuts Are Setting the Stage for Disease Outbreaks

How Foreign Aid Cuts Are Setting the Stage for Disease Outbreaks

Dangerous pathogens left unsecured at labs across Africa. Halted inspections for mpox, Ebola and other infections at airports and other checkpoints. Millions of unscreened animals shipped across borders. The Trump administration’s pause on foreign aid has hobbled programs that prevent and snuff out outbreaks around the world, scientists say, leaving people everywhere more vulnerable to…

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Senators Press Makary on Abortion Pills and Vaccines

Senators Press Makary on Abortion Pills and Vaccines

At a confirmation hearing for Dr. Marty Makary on Thursday, senators focused heavily on the safety of the abortion pill, with Republican lawmakers urging him to restrict access and Democratic lawmakers demanding that he maintain its current availability. Dr. Makary, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration, signaled that he shared Republicans’…

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U.S.A.I.D. Memos Detail Human Costs of Cuts to Foreign Aid

U.S.A.I.D. Memos Detail Human Costs of Cuts to Foreign Aid

The Trump administration’s decision to withdraw foreign aid and dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development is likely to cause enormous human suffering, according to estimates by the agency itself. Among them: up to 18 million additional cases of malaria per year, and as many as 166,000 additional deaths; 200,000 children paralyzed with polio annually,…

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U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World

U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World

“People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi, executive director of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.” The projects terminated include H.I.V. treatment programs that had served millions of people, the main malaria control programs in the worst-affected African countries…

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