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Global health reporter @nytimes. Former correspondent in S. Asia, Africa, Latin America & MidEast. Author, 28 Stories of AIDS in Africa.
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State Dept. to Shift Millions in Contraception Funding to Cover Energy Costs Original
The State Department intends to shift up to $125 million in foreign aid to defray soaring energy costs, including nearly $49 million that Congress had appropriated to supply contraception to women in low-income countries, according to a memo sent to lawmakers last month.
Las empresas de IA podrían aportar fondos cruciales para la salud mundial. La carrera por conseguirlos ha comenzado
Cuando los líderes mundiales se reunieron en las Naciones Unidas en Nueva York el mes pasado, se celebraron numerosas reuniones solemnes sobre cómo abordar los problemas cruciales de la salud mundial en un momento en que los gobiernos, encabezados por Estados Unidos, han reducido drásticamente el apoyo financiero.
A.I. Fortunes Could Bring Critical Funds to Global Health. The Scramble Is On.
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. When world leaders gathered at the United Nations in New York last month, there were many somber meetings about how to tackle the crucial problems of global health at a time when governments, led by the United States, have sharply reduced financial support.
An Invasive Mosquito Is Spreading With Alarming Speed, Threatening Africa’s Cities
An invasive, malaria-carrying, insecticide-resistant mosquito that thrives in cities, where malaria has not been a major threat, has moved farther and faster across Africa than even pessimistic scientists had feared. And many public health experts believe it is too late to eliminate, or even contain, it.
An Invasive Mosquito Is Spreading With Alarming Speed, Threatening Africa’s Cities
Somalia awoke one day to a truth it had resisted for far too long: Somaliland would never again accept a political union. Instead of denying this …
An Invasive Mosquito Is Spreading With Alarming Speed, Threatening Africa's Cities
(Global Health) An invasive, malaria-carrying, insecticide-resistant mosquito that thrives in cities, where malaria has not been a major threat, has moved farther and faster across Africa than even pessimistic scientists had feared. And many public health experts believe it is too late to eliminate, or even contain, it.
An Invasive Mosquito Is Spreading With Alarming Speed, Threatening Africa's Cities
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With a Series of Big Donations, State Department Restores Some Global Health Aid
Middle East 12 hours ago US urges its citizens in Middle East to be ready to leave in case of escalation in region bbc.co.uk - Jaroslav Lukiv • 12h The US government has urged Americans across the Middle East to be alert and ready to leave "should there be escalation" in the region. It comes amid US media reports that President Donald Trump may be planning new, intense strikes on Iran over the weekend.
With a Series of Big Donations, State Department Restores Some Global Health Aid
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Over the past two months, the United States has made financial commitments that hint at a limited return to global health and humanitarian assistance partnerships, after the abrupt severing of many of those relationships a year and a half ago.
With a Series of Big Donations, State Department Restores Some Global Health Aid
Over the past two months, the United States has made financial commitments that hint at a limited return to global health and humanitarian assistance partnerships, after the abrupt severing of many of those relationships a year and a half ago. Last week, the State Department notified Congress that it would send $600 million to Gavi, an organization that helps low-income countries buy essential childhood immunizations, a year after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. withdrew U.S. support.
Ebola Outbreak Is Now the Second-Deadliest Ever, and in Record Time
The Ebola outbreak in Congo has become the second-worst on record, and it is spreading much faster than previous outbreaks, the nation's Health Ministry reported Thursday. The official death toll has jumped to 1,521 people in fewer than three months.
Ebola Outbreak Is Now the Second-Deadliest Ever, and in Record Time
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has already become the second-worst on record, and it is spreading much faster than previous outbreaks, the nation’s health ministry reported on Thursday. The official death toll has jumped to 1,521 people in fewer than three months.
With Hopes High for New H.I.V. Prevention Pill, Merck Takes Steps to Ensure Access
Merck strikes voluntary licensing deals in poor countries for an experimental HIV prevention pill Amid rising concern over efforts to contain HIV, Merck has reached voluntary licensing deals with seven companies to make generic versions of an …
With Hopes High for New H.I.V. Prevention Pill, Merck Takes Steps to Ensure Access
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. The pharmaceutical company Merck said on Friday that it would license seven generic drugmakers to produce a low-cost version of a new monthly H.I.V. prevention pill that has generated significant optimism about the role it could play in ending the H.I.V. epidemic.
With Hopes High for New HIV Prevention Pill, Merck Takes Steps to Ensure Access
Pharmaceutical company Merck said on Friday that it would license seven generic drugmakers to produce a low-cost version of a new monthly HIV prevention pill that has generated significant optimism about the role it could play in ending the HIV epidemic. The decision is intended to make stockpiles of the drug immediately available in developing countries if clinical trial results next year live up to expectations for the pill.
With Hopes High for New HIV Prevention Pill, Merck Takes Steps to Ensure Access
(Global Health) Pharmaceutical company Merck said on Friday that it would license seven generic drugmakers to produce a low-cost version of a new monthly HIV prevention pill that has generated significant optimism about the role it could play in ending the HIV epidemic. The decision is intended to make stockpiles of the drug immediately available in developing countries if clinical trial results next year live up to expectations for the pill.
How Bad Could the Ebola Outbreak Get? Here Are 5 Key Factors.
Health officials say that the Ebola outbreak in East Africa could become one of the worst ever recorded unless the response ramps up. There have been signs of improvement, but many hurdles remain. Here's what will determine how fast the epidemic can be contained. 1. How widespread is testing? Limited testing meant missed cases early on, though things are improving.
Ebola outbreak could become largest ever, Africa’s CDC warns
NAIROBI, Kenya — Africa’s top health agency offered a grim outlook on the Ebola crisis raging in eastern Congo on Thursday, warning that contact tracing was dangerously behind where it needed to be to end the spread.
Ebola Outbreak Could Become Largest Ever, Africa’s C.D.C. Warns
Ebola Outbreak Could Become Largest Ever, Africa’s C.D.C. Warns Most of the people testing positive for Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo are not on health workers’ radar, suggesting that contact tracing is lagging dangerously behind.
Loophole in Patent Law Brings 'Miracle Drug' to Patients Who Can't Afford It
Josua Lottering stepped out the airport doors in the Bangladesh capital of Dhaka and doubled over in coughing spasms. Cystic fibrosis has sharply reduced his lung capacity, and the humid, smoggy air hit him hard. Yet even as coughs shook his body, he was delighted.
How Bad Could the Ebola Outbreak Get? Here Are 5 Key Factors.
Health officials say that the Ebola outbreak in East Africa could become one of the worst ever recorded unless the response ramps up. There have been signs of improvement, but many hurdles remain. Here’s what will determine how fast the epidemic can be contained. An early failure to identify the Bundibugyo virus, the species responsible for the outbreak, followed by a lack of testing equipment, led to major delays in identifying infected people.
How Bad Could the Ebola Outbreak Get? Here Are 5 Key Factors.
Worse scenario 20,000+ Ebola cases projected by late August 10,000 Better scenario <10,000 cases more likely Current outbreak 1,023 cases 0 90 200 300 days after outbreak declared Source: C.D.C. projections Worse scenario 20,000+ Ebola cases projected by late August 10,000 Better scenario <10,000 cases more likely Current outbreak 1,023 cases 0 90 200 300 days after outbreak declared Source: C.D.C. projections Health officials say that the Ebola outbreak in East Africa could become one of the...
Loophole in Patent Law Brings ‘Miracle Drug’ to Patients Who Can’t Afford It
Josua Lottering stepped out the airport doors in the Bangladesh capital, Dhaka, and doubled over in coughing spasms. Cystic fibrosis has sharply reduced his lung capacity, and the humid, smoggy air hit him hard. Yet even as coughs shook his body, he was delighted.
Loophole in Patent Law Brings ‘Miracle Drug’ to Patients Who Can’t Afford It
Josua Lottering stepped out the airport doors in the Bangladesh capital, Dhaka, and doubled over in coughing spasms. Cystic fibrosis has sharply reduced his lung capacity, and the humid, smoggy air hit him hard. Yet even as coughs shook his body, he was delighted.
Loophole in Patent Law Brings ‘Miracle Drug’ to Patients Who Can’t Afford It
The Best Biotech Stocks to Buy in 2026 They have at least one thing in common: An exciting pipeline. The biotech industry is on fire right now. Over the past 12 months, the SPDR S&P Biotech …
Loophole in Patent Law Brings 'Miracle Drug' to Patients Who Can't Afford It
Josua Lottering stepped out the airport doors in the Bangladesh capital of Dhaka and doubled over in coughing spasms. Cystic fibrosis has sharply reduced his lung capacity, and the humid, smoggy air hit him hard. Yet even as coughs shook his body, he was delighted.
A Powerful HIV Drug Lands in Zambia. But Will It Reach Those Who Need It?
(Science Times) ; (Global Health) LUSAKA, Zambia -- Dozens of students freshly trained as recruiters streamed into the dormitories on the sprawling green campus of the University of Zambia on a muggy morning in March. They wended their way past piles of papers, laundry and instant noodle packages, pouncing on any classmate who slowed long enough to listen to their pitch: "Come with me, right now, and get an injection! It will protect you from HIV infection for the next six months.
Scientists race to test treatments as Ebola outbreak widens
In a hastily assembled Ebola treatment center in Rwampara, Congo, Dr. Papys Lame and his colleagues rehydrate patients who arrive in paroxysms of diarrhea and vomiting, transfuse those who bleed uncontrollably from their noses and mouths, and provide oxygen for those in respiratory distress. They monitor patients’ hearts and blood pressure and treat their intense pain.
Scientists Race to Test Treatments as Ebola Outbreak Widens
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Scientists Race to Test Treatments as Ebola Outbreak Widens
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The World Has Learned From the Last Ebola Outbreak, but Gaps Remain
The World Has Learned From the Last Ebola Outbreak, but Gaps Remain The vaccine development process and coordination between health organizations have improved since a devastating 2014-2016 outbreak.
As Ebola Spreads in East Africa, Will China Step Up?
As Ebola Spreads in East Africa, Will China Step Up? China is well positioned to help stop the deadly virus, and could move into a gap left by U.S. retreat. The coffin of a young woman presumed to have died from Ebola was transported for burial in the town of Mongbwalu, the epicenter of the Ebola epidemic, in May.Credit...Arlette Bashizi for The New York Times Lily Kuo covers China’s rise as a world power. Stephanie Nolen reports on global health.
As Ebola Spreads in East Africa, Will China Step Up?
As Ebola spreads in East Africa, the United States is playing a much smaller role than it has in previous outbreaks. That leaves China, an economic powerhouse with epidemic control and biotech expertise, as the next global power that could commit supplies, money and medical workers to the effort. In Mongbwalu, a town in the Congo that is the epicenter of the outbreak, treatment centers are in dire need of equipment, medicine and basic supplies.
As Ebola Spreads in East Africa, Will China Step Up?
As Ebola spreads in East Africa, the United States is playing a much smaller role than it has in previous outbreaks. That leaves China, an economic powerhouse with epidemic control and biotech expertise, as the next global power that could commit supplies, money and medical workers to the effort. In Mongbwalu, a town in Congo that is the epicenter of the outbreak, treatment centers are in dire need of equipment, medicine and basic supplies.
The World Has Learned From the Last Ebola Outbreak, but Gaps Remain
The response to the Ebola outbreak in East Africa, as troubled as it has been, offers signs that the world has learned key lessons from the last huge outbreak of the disease and from the COVID-19 pandemic, public health experts say. Their conclusion comes despite the fact the Bundibugyo species of the virus spread unidentified in Congo and Uganda for months, and that hastily erected treatment centers continue to lack even rudimentary medical supplies.
Rubio Suggests U.S. Return to Global Vaccine Program in Rebuke of Kennedy
Now With each passing month of his presidency, Donald Trump behaves more like America’s commander in thief than its commander in chief. How so? Let me count the ways. We are a nation at war today, with tens of thousands of troops deployed near Iran. Generally, when our nation has been at war, the …
Rubio Suggests U.S. Return to Global Vaccine Program in Rebuke of Kennedy
Rubio Suggests U.S. Return to Global Vaccine Program in Rebuke of Kennedy Secretary of State Marco Rubio indicated in pointed testimony to senators that he was reclaiming control of the U.S. relationship with Gavi, an international vaccine alliance. The State Department is “going to be re-engaging on the issue of Gavi,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a hearing on Tuesday.
Only the Right Tests Can Stop This Ebola Outbreak. Congo Has Hardly Any.
Only the Right Tests Can Stop This Ebola Outbreak. Congo Has Hardly Any. A chronic lack of investment in development of better tests has left clinicians blind and allows deadly viruses to spread unchecked. Health workers suiting up in Mongbwalu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Rubio Suggests U.S. Return to Global Vaccine Program in Rebuke of Kennedy
(Global Health) Secretary of State Marco Rubio indicated Tuesday that the United States may resume its funding of a global vaccines alliance that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pulled the United States out of last year, an unusual public rebuke of Kennedy's involvement in matters of global health.
Only the Right Tests Can Stop This Ebola Outbreak. Congo Has Hardly Any.
(Global Health) Months ago, doctors in Ituri province in northeastern Congo started seeing patients with the vomiting, diarrhea and bleeding that are the hallmarks of Ebola. The tests kept coming back negative. It was weeks before samples from sick people -- many of whom had already died -- made it to the National Institute of Biomedical Research in the capital, Kinshasa. There, researchers used a different test that screened for more species of Ebola and related viruses.
A Powerful HIV Drug Lands in Zambia. But Will It Reach Those Who Need It?
(Global Health) LUSAKA, Zambia -- Dozens of students freshly trained as recruiters streamed into the dormitories on the sprawling green campus of the University of Zambia on a muggy morning in March. They wended their way past piles of papers, laundry and instant noodle packages, pouncing on any classmate who slowed long enough to listen to their pitch: "Come with me, right now, and get an injection! It will protect you from HIV infection for the next six months.
A Powerful H.I.V. Drug Lands in Zambia. But Will It Reach Those Who Need It?
A Powerful H.I.V. Drug Lands in Zambia. But Will It Reach Those Who Need It? Lenacapavir, which protects people from H.I.V. infection with twice-yearly shots, is arriving in a country where the health system has been hollowed out by American aid cuts. Health workers promoted a new H.I.V. prevention method at the University of Zambia in Lusaka in March and encouraged students to sign up to get it.
Efforts to Contain Ebola May Have Been Hindered by Lack of U.S. Involvement
The Ebola crisis in East Africa is rapidly escalating, with cases now confirmed in major population centers in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. Public health experts around the world and health workers on the ground say that the response has been significantly hindered by the near-absence so far of the United States, historically the leader in any major outbreak.
Efforts to Contain Ebola May Have Been Hindered by Lack of U.S. Involvement
The Ebola crisis in East Africa is rapidly escalating, with cases now confirmed in major population centers in Congo and Uganda. Public health experts around the world and health workers on the ground say that the response has been significantly hindered by the near-absence so far of the United States, historically the leader in any major outbreak.
Most Canadians Support MAID. But the Issue of Access for People With Mental Illness Is Fraught.
Claire Brosseau has been watching parliamentary committee hearings, telecast from Ottawa, for the past couple of weeks, and despairing. The Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying is considering the question of whether people with mental illness, such as Ms. Brosseau, ought to have the same access to physician-assisted death as Canadians with physical diseases.
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