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HIV/AIDS: U.N. official says Trump budget cuts derail efforts to end AIDS by 2030

Fri, 2025-06-13 16:25 — mike kraft

Goal to end AIDS by 2030 'more off-track' after Trump cuts, UNAIDS head says

JOHANNESBURG, June 13 (Reuters) - Donald Trump's cuts to HIV/AIDS programmes will further derail an already faltering plan to end the disease as a public health threat by 2030, UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima said on Friday.

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House of Representatives votes to rescind foreign aid funds previously approved by Congress

Thu, 2025-06-12 20:43 — mike kraft

House GOP clears measure to claw back billions from foreign assistance and public media programs The Senate will take up this initial effort to codify some Department of Government Efficiency cuts after it finishes work on the budget reconciliation package. Sean Michael Newhouse Government Executive

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MPOX alert extended after surge in West Africa--WHO

Tue, 2025-06-10 14:30 — mike kraft

WHO maintains mpox alert amid West Africa surge The World Health Organisation said Monday that the mpox virus epidemic remains an international health emergency with more than 37,000 confirmed cases reported since it erupted. Science X Medical Xpress

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WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced the extension of the emergency following a meeting of international experts who noted progress in some countries but also highlighted a surge in west Africa and the spread of the virus outside Africa.

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Interview on how mpox research is helping prepare for a new pandemic

Thu, 2025-06-05 14:28 — mike kraft

Q&A: How mpox research is helping scientists prepare for a new pandemic The U.S. saw more than 20,000 mpox cases and nearly six dozen deaths during the 2022 global mpox outbreak. San Francisco was hard hit. Today, mpox remains an ongoing public health emergency, according ... Cameron Scott Medical Xpress

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Trum administration funding cuts to South Africa will undermine TB and HIV research--analysis

Fri, 2025-05-16 13:32 — mike kraft

NIH Cuts To South Africa Will Cause Global Loss Of TB And HIV Research Capacity - Health Policy Watch These are some of the impacts on South Africa of the decision by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) barely a week ago to prohibit United States Health Policy Watch

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Climate change's increasing toll on Africa --United Nations

Mon, 2025-05-12 14:42 — mike kraft

Climate change takes increasingly extreme toll on African countries Devastating floods in South Sudan in recent months left thousands of herders without their most precious possessions: goats, cows and cattle. The animals are central to people’s lives and age-old customs including marriage and cultural traditions. All risk being swept away or scorched by the ravages of climate change. UN News

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Ebola outbreak in Uganda declared ended.

Tue, 2025-04-29 16:59 — mike kraft

Uganda declares end to latest ebola outbreak It said the declaration followed 42 days "without a new case since the last confirmed patient was discharged." Elias Biryabarema Reuters

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The latest outbreak, caused by the Sudan strain of the virus which has no approved vaccine, was Uganda's ninth since the country recorded its first infection in 2000.

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