Liberia’s health system has heavily depended on the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). USAID has invested more than three billion dollars in humanitarian, development, and ...

By Mongabay.com With deforestation and declining biodiversity linked to emerging infectious diseases, one would think the world should look to science for answers. But Dr. Neil Vora, a former epidemic ...

CDC employees can no longer publish documents without review by the executive branch, and must withdraw their names from ...

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The CDC’s incoming head, former Congressman Dave Weldon, a physician, has been commissioned by Trump to “ focus on the ...

In confirmation hearings for his nomination as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, the focus was on domestic issues. The agency has a vast global scope as well.

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Donald Trump has always posed as someone smarter than scientists. Does that explain why so much of his dismantling of the ...

The U.S. is pulling the plug on its membership with the World Health Organization. What does that mean for Illinois?

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that flu cases in the United States this season are at their highest levels since the 2009–2010 swine flu. For the first time, the death rate for ...

By Gift BritonWith disproportionate disease burden, limited resources, and healthcare workers stretched thin, a virtual learning platform is changing how health professionals in Africa respond to ...