Shingles Vaccine Can Decrease Risk of Dementia, Study Finds
Getting vaccinated against shingles can reduce the risk of developing dementia, a large new study finds. The results provid...
Millions of Women Will Lose Access to Contraception as a Result of Trump Aid Cuts
The United States is ending its financial support for family planning programs in developing countries, cutting nearly 50 mil...
For John Green, It’s Tuberculosis All the Way Down
The first time I read a book by the best-selling young adult novelist John Green, I was on a plane. “The Fault in Our Stars,”...
U.S. to End Vaccine Funds for Poor Countries but Continue Some H.I.V. and TB Aid
The Trump administration intends to terminate the United States’ financial support for Gavi, the organization that has helped...
Tuberculosis Resurgent as Trump Funding Cut Disrupts Treatment Globally
Dalvin Modore walked as if there was broken glass beneath his feet, stepping gingerly, his frail shoulders hunched against th...
Trump Administration Sends Politically Charged Survey to Researchers
The Trump administration has asked researchers and organizations whose work is conducted overseas to disclose ties to those r...
How Foreign Aid Cuts Are Setting the Stage for Disease Outbreaks
Dangerous pathogens left unsecured at labs across Africa. Halted inspections for mpox, Ebola and other infections at airports...
Defunded Aid Programs Are Asked by Trump Administration to Prove Their Value, on a Scale of 1 to 5
Last week, the Trump administration terminated nearly all of the United States’ foreign aid contracts after telling a federal...
U.S.A.I.D. Memos Detail Human Costs of Cuts to Foreign Aid
The Trump administration’s decision to withdraw foreign aid and dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development is li...
U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World
Starting Wednesday afternoon, a wave of emails went out from the State Department in Washington around the world, landing in ...