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

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines “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…

Measles Outbreak in Texas and New Mexico Sickens Nearly 100 People
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Measles Outbreak in Texas and New Mexico Sickens Nearly 100 People

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Outbreaks of measles in parts of Texas and New Mexico have sickened nearly 100 people, according to state health officials who warned that the number of cases was expected to rise. An outbreak has been spreading through the South Plains region of Texas…

‘The Interview’: Ed Yong Wants to Show You the Hidden Reality of the World
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‘The Interview’: Ed Yong Wants to Show You the Hidden Reality of the World

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The science journalist and author Ed Yong likes to joke that during the first wave of Covid-19 in 2020, the impact and reach of his reporting for The Atlantic turned him into “a character in the season of ‘Pandemic.’” Indeed, his Covid journalism…

As the U.S. Exits Foreign Aid, Who Will Fill the Gap?
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As the U.S. Exits Foreign Aid, Who Will Fill the Gap?

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines As the reality sets in that the United States is drastically diminishing its foreign assistance to developing countries, an urgent conversation is starting among governments, philanthropists, and global health and development organizations. It is centered on one crucial question: Who will fill this…

DOGE Cuts 9/11 Survivors’ Fund, and Republicans Join Democrats in Rebuke
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DOGE Cuts 9/11 Survivors’ Fund, and Republicans Join Democrats in Rebuke

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In a rare sign of pushback against President Trump, a coalition of congressional Republicans from the New York area rebuked the president for cuts to a federal program that administers aid to emergency workers and others suffering from toxins related to the terrorist…

Pope Francis Has Bilateral Pneumonia
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Pope Francis Has Bilateral Pneumonia

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Pope Francis, who remains hospitalized, has bilateral pneumonia, the Vatican said on Tuesday. The term simply means pneumonia in both lungs, said Dr. James Musser, director of the center for infectious diseases at the Houston Methodist Research Institute. He added that, without examining…

Opinion | I Shudder to Imagine Kennedy Running Our Health Agencies.
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Opinion | I Shudder to Imagine Kennedy Running Our Health Agencies.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Senate has just confirmed as health secretary Robert F. Kennedy, a science denialist who once said there is no vaccine that is safe and effective, who has suggested that Covid might have been genetically engineered to spare Jewish and Chinese people and…

Opinion | Samantha Power: Killing U.S.A.I.D. Is a Win for Autocrats Everywhere
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Opinion | Samantha Power: Killing U.S.A.I.D. Is a Win for Autocrats Everywhere

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines We are witnessing one of the worst and most costly foreign policy blunders in U.S. history. Less than three weeks into Donald Trump’s second term, he, Elon Musk and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have halted the U.S. Agency for International Development’s aid…

Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid
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Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Lifesaving health initiatives and medical research projects have shut down around the world in response to the Trump administration’s 90-day pause on foreign aid and stop-work orders. In Uganda, the National Malaria Control Program has suspended spraying insecticide into village homes and ceased…