So, for example, with USAID, one of the things we accidentally canceled very briefly was Ebola prevention." USAID is the U.S. Agency for International Development, which has largely been ...

At a Trump administration cabinet meeting on Wednesday, unelected South African centibillionaire Elon Musk joked about how his so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) “accidentally ...

One of the most shocking announcements this February came from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID): the agency will halt its aid programs for an entire year—a move that ...

“So we restored the Ebola prevention immediately. And there was no interruption.” Yet current and former USAID officials said that Musk was wrong: USAID’s Ebola prevention efforts have been ...

So we restored the Ebola prevention immediately, and there was no interruption.” Experts say the tech billionaire’s reassurance doesn’t paint an accurate picture. USAID has effectively been ...

USAID's Ebola prevention efforts have been largely frozen since the agency was mostly shuttered last month. Laura Barrón-López discussed more with Dr. Craig Spencer, who survived Ebola after ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Jeremy Konyndyk, who oversaw USAID's response to the 2014 Ebola outbreak, if cuts to the agency leave the U.S. more vulnerable to infectious disease. ELON MUSK ...

For example, with USAID one of the things we accidentally canceled, very briefly, was Ebola prevention. I think we all want Ebola prevention. So we restored the Ebola prevention immediately ...

One of those mistakes was reportedly killing a USAID program that was working to stop Ebola. "We will make mistakes," Musk said. "We won't be perfect, but when we make mistakes we'll fix it very ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Musk’s assertion that his slash-and-burn assault on USAID had no negative ...

Enrich warns of preventable deaths due to USAID dismantling Trump's aid freeze affects Ebola, malaria, and tuberculosis efforts DOGE blocks USAID payments despite waiver for lifesaving aid March 2 ...