The foreign aid program has been one of the country's best defenses against emerging infectious diseases. Without it, we are ...

What does USAID do to prevent the spread of Ebola and other highly infectious and dangerous diseases overseas? So you’ve got ...

In the wake of USAID’s shuttering by billionaire Elon Musk and President Donald Trump, those familiar with USAID’s work have ...

So we restored the Ebola prevention immediately, and there was no interruption.” Experts say the tech billionaire’s reassurance doesn’t paint an accurate picture. USAID has effectively been ...

The United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP), which gets much of its funding from the United States, is closing its ...

Gutting USAID is already having a devastating impact around the world. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, teams that ...

Stephanie Nolen covers global health. March 6, 2025 The Ebola outbreak in Uganda has worsened significantly, and the country’s ability to contain the spread has been severely weakened by the ...

which is funded by USAID, treats tens of thousands of patients for HIV and tuberculosis. In addition, it has for years been one of the only organizations in the country that helps contain Ebola ...

It notes that the Bureau for Global Health got approval to conduct activities to respond to an Ebola outbreak in Uganda, but USAID was never able to draw down the funds and did not receive any ...

Randy Chester, vice president of the American Foreign Service Association, a union representing USAID staffers, said he and ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Jeremy Konyndyk, who oversaw USAID's response to the 2014 Ebola outbreak, if cuts to the agency leave the U.S. more vulnerable to infectious disease.

A 4-year-old child became the second person to die of Ebola in Uganda, the World Health Organization said Saturday, in a ...