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House of Representatives votes to rescind foreign aid funds previously approved by Congress

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House GOP clears measure to claw back billions from foreign assistance and public media programs The Senate will take up this initial effort to codify some Department of Government Efficiency cuts after it finishes work on the budget reconciliation package. Sean Michael Newhouse Government Executive
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New COVID variant spreading in Americas and Europe being monitored by WHO

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WHO Monitors New Covid Variant Spreading in America and Europe NB.1.8.1 has mutations that could increase the virus’s transmissibility and decrease the efficacy of certain neutralizing antibodies against it. Fernanda González WIRED
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Measles spreads across the Americas and outbreaks in Mexico and Canada have also turned deadly

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As measles spreads across the Americas, outbreaks in Mexico and Canada have also turned deadly | CNN As measles cases in the United States continue to mount, neighboring countries Canada and Mexico are also experiencing significant outbreaks – all of which have been linked to at least one death. Deidre McPhillips CNN
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Analysis: Measles Could Become Endemic in US if Surge Continues, Expert Warns

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Measles Could Become Endemic in US if Surge Continues, Expert Warns One of the most contagious infections ever identified. The Conversation ScienceAlert
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Measles: Overview of history, situation and trends in U.S. and elsewhere.

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Measles Could Become Endemic in US if Surge Continues, Expert Warns One of the most contagious infections ever identified. The Conversation ScienceAlert

 

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Measles continues to spread in Western Hemisphere

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Measles jumps borders in North America with outbreaks in Canada, Mexico and US North America’s three biggest measles outbreaks have grown to a total of more than 2,500 known cases. Three people have died in the U.S. and one in Mexico. AP News

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U.S. budget cuts are hitting measles vaccination and other disease prevention programs the hardest-- Study

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Measles Vaccination, Disease Surveillance And Labs Hit Hardest By US Budget Cuts - Health Policy Watch Cuts to global immunisation budgets are hitting measles vaccine coverage, disease surveillance, laboratory networks and outbreak response the hardest, Health Policy Watch
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U.S. Secretary of State Rubio says purge of foreign aid program is completed

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Secretary of State Rubio says purge of USAID programs complete, with 83% of agency's programs gone Secretary of State Marco Rubio is signaling that the Trump administration has finished its six-week dismantling of the six-decade-old U.S. AP News
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Senior U.S. foreign assistance official ousted after his memo criticising Musk foreign aid cuts

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Senior USAID official ousted as he details problems providing lifesaving aid The memo contradicts claims by Secretary of State Marco Rubio that he has put in place a functioning system for exempting lifesaving assistance from the aid freeze. John Hudson The Washington Post
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Trump administration cuts funding for thousands of foreign aid health programs

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US ends funding for thousands of global health programs The U.S. government has ended funding for some 5,800 global health programs, cutting off critical support for projects that provide vaccines, life-saving medications and emergency health care to millions ... India Edwards Medical Xpress
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