More than 4,400 cases have been confirmed as the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record strains containment efforts — and scientists race to develop the first approved vaccine targeting the Bundibugyo virus. The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has become the second-largest on record, with the
After more than a year of uncertainty surrounding U.S. foreign assistance, Washington has begun releasing nearly $2 billion in previously appropriated funding for international organizations working on childhood immunization, tuberculosis, hunger and other global priorities. The most significant commitment came last week when the U.S. State Department notified Congress that
Exceptionally low water levels across major European waterways are disrupting shipping, agriculture and electricity generation, showing how water security is becoming a strategic economic issue for the continent. Europe’s prolonged heat and drought are pushing some of its most important rivers to unusually low levels, turning a water crisis into
At AIDS 2026 in Rio de Janeiro, the UNAIDS Executive Director urged governments to protect decades of progress as declining international financing, unequal treatment access and rising infections in parts of the world threaten the global response. At the 26th International AIDS Conference, Winnie Byanyima delivered a message of guarded
RIO DE JANEIRO — The global fight against HIV has reached a pivotal moment. New data released by UNAIDS at the 26th International AIDS Conference warn that while the world has achieved its lowest levels of new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths in more than three decades, progress is increasingly
WHO says the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record has spread across five provinces, with conflict, displacement and the absence of approved vaccines or treatments complicating containment efforts. The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ebola outbreak continues to expand across the country’s eastern provinces, although the World Health Organization (WHO) reports
WHO validates historic public health milestone as Central America’s first trachoma-free nation El Salvador has become the first country in Central America to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced, marking a major milestone in the global effort to end the world’s leading infectious
A new U.S. approach to global health assistance is drawing scrutiny from several African governments over data access, domestic spending commitments, and links to broader strategic interests. A New Model for U.S. Health Assistance Several African governments are raising concerns over new U.S. health aid agreements advanced by the Trump
A fast-moving Ebola outbreak in Central and East Africa is no longer only a public health emergency. It is rapidly becoming a development crisis. A new assessment from the United Nations Development Programme warns that the current Ebola Virus Disease outbreak could cost African economies up to $3.6 billion, push
A sweeping move by U.S. President Donald Trump to reopen vast stretches of previously protected Pacific waters to commercial fishing has reignited a fierce debate over marine conservation, economic development, and the rights of Pacific communities whose cultural and ecological futures are deeply intertwined with the ocean. The new proclamation
