Opinion | Covid’s Deadliest Effect Took Five Years to Appear
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Opinion | Covid’s Deadliest Effect Took Five Years to Appear

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The first Trump administration deserves fair praise for accelerating the development of these vaccines through Operation Warp Speed, a public-private partnership. But it was the private sector that prevailed and will be remembered. In the United States, vaccines were delivered through an often…

Opinion | Kennedy Wants to Cure Chronic Disease. Here’s What He’s Up Against.
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Opinion | Kennedy Wants to Cure Chronic Disease. Here’s What He’s Up Against.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Our health care system has failed patients when it comes to preventing and managing chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and obesity. I see the consequences every day. We tell our patients to diet and exercise when they do not have the…

How Foreign Aid Cuts Are Setting the Stage for Disease Outbreaks
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How Foreign Aid Cuts Are Setting the Stage for Disease Outbreaks

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

How to Care for a Loved One With Dementia: 5 Expert Tips
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How to Care for a Loved One With Dementia: 5 Expert Tips

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The details of Gene Hackman’s final days may never be known. But officials in Santa Fe, N.M., said on Friday that it appeared that Mr. Hackman, who had advanced Alzheimer’s as well as heart disease, had spent about a week alone after his…

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

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

Unknown Illness Kills Dozens in Congo as Experts Clash on Cause
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Unknown Illness Kills Dozens in Congo as Experts Clash on Cause

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The mystery behind an unknown illness that has killed dozens in the Democratic Republic of Congo just 48 hours after they first showed symptoms deepened after the World Health Organization on Friday offered a new theory that seemingly contradicts African medical experts. At…

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…