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RFK Jr. Says U.S. Won’t Donate to Global Vaccine Effort
Kennedy ripped into Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in a video address at its pledging summit
The World’s Only Twice-a-Year Shot to Prevent HIV Could Stop Transmission—if People Can Get It
Upheaval in U.S. health care and slashing of American foreign aid to fight HIV are clouding the prospects
South Africa Built a Medical Research Powerhouse. Trump Cuts Have Demolished It.
The budget cuts threaten global progress on everything from heart disease to HIV—and could affect American drug companies, too
The Taliban Has Banned a Lot of Things . . . but Chess?
The Taliban sports minister, Atal Mashwani, told journalists that chess is a form of gambling, and that's forbidden in Islam
Rubio Orders Firings of All USAID Staffers Overseas to Move Forward
He said the State Department will take over USAID’s foreign assistance programs by Monday
New Mexico made childcare free. It Lifted 120,000 People Above the Poverty Line
The state, which has long ranked worst for child wellbeing, became the first and only in the country to offer free childcare
The Disappearing Funds for Chronic Diseases
President Trump has slashed funding for medical research, threatening a longstanding alliance between the federal government and universities
Africa's Message on Agriculture—Self-Reliance Isn't Optional
AfDB is focused on making African capital work for Africa, while agroecology activists move to seize the self-reliance moment
For Haitian Migrants in the Dominican Republic, "Reproduction Is Like a Death Sentence"
Between April 21 and the end of May this year, 900 lactating or pregnant women were deported from the Dominican to Haiti
The Women of No Sex for Fish Are Survivors—But Their Survival is Precarious
The women are coping with the legacy of disastrous floods that have virtually destroyed their village and disrupted the fishing business
Cambodia Logs Fourth Fatal H5N1 Avian Flu Case of the Year
Cambodia's ministry of health has reported its fourth fatal human H5N1 avian flu case of the year, which involves an 11-year-old boy
United States Cancels More Than $700 Million Funding for Moderna Bird Flu Vaccine
The Trump administration has canceled a contract awarded to Moderna for the late-stage development of its bird flu vaccine for humans