How Ebola Lockdowns Failed a Liberian Community
In her new book, A History of the World in Six Plagues, Edna Bonhomme describes a 2014 epidemic that decimated a neighborhood ...
'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 ...
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 ...
"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 ...
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The Diseases Are Coming
In 2014, while treating Ebola patients in Guinea ... Understand how this will work at a practical level: Until recently, countries had compelling reasons to report outbreaks, even if such ...
Using AI And Big Data Integration To Improve Health Outcomes In Africa
Advancements in AI-driven flood forecasting are enabling faster, more efficient detection and response. For example, Google ...
Defiant Caribbean leaders dismiss trafficking accusations as US targets Cuba's doctor diplomacy
Caribbean leaders this week rejected U.S. accusations of Cuban labor exploitation after the United States announced it will ...
Rubio: 83 percent of USAID programs to be canceled
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday that 83 percent of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) ...
Tobacco's hidden friendly side: How the controversial plant could be used for good
Tobacco kills 8 million people worldwide every year, but imagine if it could be used to make medicine. The idea isn't unheard ...
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Four ways COVID changed virology: lessons from the most sequenced virus of all time
The man’s case didn’t give rise to any widespread variant, but it gave Gupta, with his HIV evolution background, the idea ...
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West Africa prepares for Ebola vaccination program
During the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak, Guinea was one of the worst impacted countries and saw more than 2,543 deaths. A week before the alarm was raised in the rural area of Gouéké in N’Zerekore ...
US aid cuts are hurting Africa's ability to respond to disease outbreaks, health chief says
Aid cuts by the United States are hurting Africa’s capacity to respond to disease outbreaks, the head of the continent's public health agency said Thursday, ahead of a meeting with regional health ...