Gabrielle Emanuel
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When Congress approved a Trump administration plan to take back $9 billion in funds they'd previously allocated to public media and foreign aid, there was just one program that lawmakers decided to spare: The U.S.'s HIV/AIDS initiative or PEPFAR. Does that mean PEPFAR will return to its original role leading the world's HIV/AIDS response? Radio ran on ATC on Wednesday. DIgital for Thursday, hope to publish by 2 p.m.
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It costs nearly $100 million a year to maintain global stockpiles of vaccines for Ebola, cholera, meningitis and yellow fever in case of emergency. A new study estimates how many lives they've saved.
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RFK Jr. stunned the global health world when he said the U.S. would halt funding the group that helps provide vaccines to many low-income countries. The study he cited is seen by others as dubious.
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NPR has compiled a timeline of when local, state and federal officials posted warnings on social media as well as the timeline of events as presented by local officials.
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AIDS orphans and vulnerable children are without support since the U.S. cut foreign assistance. A pastor has been frantically trying to find meds for an HIV-positive orphan who can no longer get them.
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In the wake of U.S. aid cuts, Pastor Billy is reminded of his twin sister's death from AIDS. He doesn't want 9-year-old Diana, who's HIV-positive, to meet the same fate.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio said at a hearing last week that no one has died from USAID cuts. But aid groups say abruptly shutting down those programs is having deadly consequences.
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In a dramatic press briefing, a US ambassador sheds tears as he tells the government of Zambia that theft of US donated medicines is forcing him to suspend health aid to the country.
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In Zambia, truck drivers and sex workers have high rates of being HIV positive —- and are at high risk of contracting the virus. Here's how they have been affected by the administration's policies.
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The Trump administration maintains that HIV meds have survived foreign aid cuts. In Zambia, as in other countries, people are struggling to find pills and risk getting sick without medication.