Foreign aid cuts could mean 10 million more HIV infections by 2030—and almost 3 million extra deaths
In January, the Trump administration ordered a broad pause on all US funding for foreign aid.
Mar 29, 2025
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Q&A: Expert on Texas' growing measles crisis
Measles is a highly contagious disease that was declared eliminated from the U.S. by the World Health Organization 25 years ago due to the success of vaccination efforts. Yet, Texas counties primarily in the South Plains ...
Mar 28, 2025
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RFK Jr's 'Healthy Again' agenda begins with massive health dept layoffs
US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday announced plans to cut a quarter of his department's workforce as part of a sweeping restructuring, framed as a push to prioritize chronic disease prevention under his ...
Mar 27, 2025
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AIDS pandemic risks 'resurging globally' amid US funding halt: UN
The world risks returning to the worst days of the global AIDS pandemic following the sudden halt to US foreign aid funding, the UN's top AIDS official said Monday, warning millions would die.
Mar 24, 2025
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HIV doctors urge US to reverse 'catastrophic' funding cuts
Hundreds of HIV doctors and researchers have called on the Trump administration to reverse its sweeping aid funding cuts, saying they are "doing catastrophic harm" to the global fight against AIDS.
Mar 15, 2025
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From TB to HIV/AIDS to cancer, disease tracking has always had a political dimension
Federal datasets began disappearing from public view on Jan. 31, 2025, in response to executive orders from President Donald Trump. Among those were the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Youth Risk Behavior Survey, ...
Mar 11, 2025
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Texas records first US measles death in ten years—how to protect yourself and your community
On Feb. 26, 2025, Texas health officials announced the death of a child in a measles outbreak—the first measles death in the United States since 2015. The outbreak was first identified in early February in Gaines County, ...
Mar 3, 2025
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This is what happens to the body when HIV drugs are stopped for millions of people
A generation has passed since the world saw the peak in AIDS-related deaths. Those deaths—agonizing, from diseases or infections the body might otherwise fight off—sent loved ones into the streets, pressuring governments ...
Feb 13, 2025
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HIV infections could jump over 6 times if US support is dropped and not replaced, UNAIDS chief says
The head of the U.N. AIDS agency said Monday the number of new HIV infections could jump more than six times by 2029 if American support of the biggest AIDS program is dropped, warning that millions of people could die and ...
Feb 10, 2025
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Measles case reported at Los Angeles International Airport, Orange County children's hospital: Who is at risk?
Health officials warned Thursday that people who were at Los Angeles International Airport and Children's Hospital of Orange County in recent days may have been exposed to measles.
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