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Reporting on global health, infectious diseases & pandemics @ProPublica. Mitten lover. MPH. Reach me at anna.barryjester@propublica.org or DM for Signal.

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Anna Maria Barry-Jester is a journalist focusing on public health and immigration. She has been a staff writer at the data-driven news site FiveThirtyEight since 2015, reporting on public health, science and immigration. She previously worked as editorial health producer for Univision, and editorial producer for a year long series on global health at ABC News. For ten years, she did freelance work as a photographer and videographer for a variety of outlets, including work on a multi-country, mu…

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Senators Criticize Trump Administration’s Demands to Access Health Data as a Condition for Lifesaving Aid

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By Sharon Lerner Verified, Anna Maria Barry-Jester Verified
| The Fulcrum (U.S.) Verified
What Happened: Citing reporting by ProPublica, eight Democratic U.S. senators have criticized the Trump administration’s demands to access the health data of millions of people as a condition of giving lifesaving aid to other countries.
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Senators Criticize Trump Administration’s Demands to Access Health Data as a Condition for Lifesaving Aid

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By Sharon Lerner Verified, Anna Maria Barry-Jester Verified
| ProPublica Verified
What Happened: Citing reporting by ProPublica, eight Democratic U.S. senators have criticized the Trump administration’s demands to access the health data of millions of people as a condition of giving lifesaving aid to other countries.
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What is the Trump administration doing with foreign aid money?

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By Anna Maria Barry-Jester Verified
| People's World
President Donald Trump meets with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, May 21, 2025.| AP Since he returned to office, President Donald Trump’s administration has upended foreign aid. It’s labeled well-established, long-running programs as “not aligned with American interests” and slashed their budgets.
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