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'It is a dangerous strategy, and one for which we all may pay dearly': Dismantling USAID leaves the US more exposed to pandemics than ever
The foreign aid program has been one of the country's best defenses against emerging infectious diseases. Without it, we are ...
AlterNet on MSN10h
'Disastrous': US 'endangering' itself by 'actively dismantling' global health infrastructure
Dr. Craig Spencer, a public health expert and Ebola survivor, wrote an article for The Atlantic on the impact of the Trump ...
"2 million dead by the end of the year": Ex-USAID chief says aid cuts will kill starving children
In the wake of USAID’s shuttering by billionaire Elon Musk and President Donald Trump, those familiar with USAID’s work have ...
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 ...
The Business Standard6d
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 ...
Global Press Journal7d
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" ...
Trump’s foreign aid demolition hits major Christian charities
In a closed-door meeting, U.S. officials touted their success in “zeroing out” foreign assistance, but the downsizing has clipped religious allies, too.
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 ...
Mother Jones9d
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 ...
Lincoln Journal Star9d
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 ...