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   “The U.S. Agency for International Development has played a major role in containing previous outbreaks, but last year it was shuttered by the Trump administration. It is unclear how that might have affected the response to this outbreak. The administration also cut funding for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the leading public health agency in the country. It also withdrew in January from the W.H.O.”

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     [NYTimes-Gift article]: W.H.O. Declares Ebola Outbreak a Global Health Emergency

     The agency made the declaration just a day after Africa’s top public health agency first announced the outbreak. There is no approved vaccine for this species of Ebola. By Yan ZhuangMatthew Mpoke Bigg and Apoorva Mandavilli
     Matthew Mpoke Bigg reported from Juba, South Sudan. May 17, 2026

     https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/17/world/africa/ebola-congo-uganda-who-public-health-emergency.html?unlocked_article_code=1.jlA.gyAB.RfR4dJ58fSfA&smid=nytcore-ios-share

     #ebola #WHO

     Paul Cantrell repeated this.