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Trump administration cuts time to enroll in Obamacare health program

Tue, 2025-03-11 10:50 — mike kraft

Trump administration plans to restrict Obamacare enrollment period

NEW YORK, March 10 (Reuters) - The Trump administration aims to close the enrollment period for Obamacare health insurance plans on December 15, one month earlier than the current deadline, the agency that oversees the program said in a press release.

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US aid cuts weaken the fight against maleria, the deadliest disease in Africa

Mon, 2025-03-10 20:10 — mike kraft

No disease is deadlier in Africa than malaria. Trump's US aid cuts weaken the fight against it Malaria season begins this month in a large part of Africa. No disease is deadlier on the continent, especially for children. AP News

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Trump administration's firings of CDC employees hurts local health departments

Mon, 2025-03-10 11:30 — mike kraft

CDC Firings Fray Lifelines to Local Health Departments - KFF Health News Get our weekly newsletter, The Week in Brief, featuring a roundup of our original coverage, Fridays at 2 p.m. ET. Terry Byrne KFF Health News

The U.S. public health system has long been under strain, stymied by declines in funding as well as employees. And so state and local public health departments around the nation — tasked with monitoring and responding to disease outbreaks that threaten to sicken the masses — have relied on workers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to help.

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U.S. Secretary of State Rubio says purge of foreign aid program is completed

Mon, 2025-03-10 10:43 — mike kraft

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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U.S. Foreign Aid Cuts Raise Danger for Disease Outbreaks Spreading Internationally

Mon, 2025-03-10 10:32 — mike kraft

Dangerous pathogens left unsecured at labs across Africa. Halted inspections for mpox, Ebola and other infections at airports and other checkpoints. Millions of unscreened animals shipped across borders.

The Trump administration’s pause on foreign aid has hobbled programs that prevent and snuff out outbreaks around the world, scientists say, leaving people everywhere more vulnerable to threatening viruses and bacteria.

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Some US foreign assistance cuts in malaria and TB programs are being reversed--sources

Thu, 2025-03-06 11:12 — mike kraft

Some malaria, TB programme cuts reversed by US, sources say

LONDON, March 6 (Reuters) - Some lifesaving health projects that had their U.S. funding contracts abruptly terminated last week have received letters reversing that decision, two sources familiar with the projects and one of the groups told Reuters.

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Trump's nominee for NIH testifies he is committed to supporting research despite budget cuts

Thu, 2025-03-06 09:17 — mike kraft

Trump’s NIH pick makes pitch for good science – in this administration? Jay Bhattacharya tells hearing he is intent on protecting research, even as president takes axe to federal funding The Guardian

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U.S. Federal judge blocks Trump admiistration from cutting NIH research funding

Thu, 2025-03-06 08:49 — mike kraft

US judge bars Trump administration from cutting NIH research funding

BOSTON, March 5 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump's administration from carrying out steep cuts to federal grant funding for research that universities and Democratic-led states warn would lead to layoffs, lab closures and a curtailment of scientific and medical studies.

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