Indonesian Wildfires Cause Air Pollution Levels to Rise to Hazardous Levels in Southeast Asia 04/09/2026 Disha Shetty Millions of people in Southeast Asia are currently exposed to hazardous levels of air pollution as the large-scale haze caused by Indonesian wildfires crosses boundaries, leading to cancelled outdoor activities and school closures. Indonesia alone has recorded 50,000 cases of respiratory infections linked to land and forest fires between July and August this year, according to […] Continue reading -> Namibia Rejects US Demands for Data and Pathogen-Sharing 02/09/2026 Kerry Cullinan Namibia has rejected the United States’ demands for sharing health data and pathogen information during negotiations for renewed US support for its HIV programme, according to The Namibian newspaper. In the past few years, the country has received around $45 million a year in support from the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), […] Continue reading -> United States to Cut Health Funding to 18 Countries 59% by 2030 31/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The United States plans to cut its health funding to 18 countries by 59% of pre-2025 levels by 2030, according to a Public Citizen and Partners In Health analysis of the bilateral agreements the US has signed with these countries. The bilateral Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) were signed as part of the ‘America First Global […] Continue reading -> Historic Meta Settlement Mandates Safer Social Media for Youth 27/08/2026 Editorial team Following a landmark agreement in the United States on Wednesday, social media giant Meta agreed to pay up to $18 billion to US states. This historic settlement obliges the company to make Instagram and Facebook safer for children. Scientific research – including a landmark report by an expert panel commissioned by the European Commission – […] Continue reading -> Four DRC Health Zones Mark 42 Days With No New Ebola Infections 27/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Four of the 58 health zones in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) affected by the Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak have had no new cases in the past 42 days, while five others have been case-free for at least three weeks. “The message is that it is definitely possible in that environment to break the transmission,” […] Continue reading -> Violence Against Ebola Responders Mounts in DRC as Red Cross Condemns Attacks 24/08/2026 Stefan Anderson Twelve Red Cross volunteers have been injured and an ambulance set on fire in 11 violent incidents during the 100 days since the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) declared its Ebola outbreak, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement said Monday. Three volunteers taking part in response activities were attacked and injured by a […] Continue reading -> Ebola Outbreak May be Three Times the Officially Reported Size 21/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Over 5,000 people have been infected with the Ebola Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), but the outbreak may be three times the officially reported size, warned the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has said. Speaking at a press briefing, Africa CDC’s Prof Yap Boum said the estimation of various […] Continue reading -> NIH Lifts Ban on Research in South Africa 19/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The United States (US) National Institutes of Health (NIH) has lifted its ban on funding research projects in South Africa, according to a report by the journal, Science. The journal quotes an internal NIH memo sent to staff on Wednesday by director Dr Jay Bhattacharya, which says the NIH is exempt from an executive order […] Continue reading -> Political Declaration on Pandemics is Modified Ahead of UN Meeting 19/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The Political Declaration to be adopted at the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response (PPPR) on 25 September has been modified since being placed under the “silence procedure” in late July. This is according to those following the process. Most changes are relatively minor, bar the removal of reference to tuberculosis […] Continue reading -> South Sudan Refugees Face Extreme Hunger Due to Funding Shortfalls 14/08/2026 Editorial team More than 650,000 refugees and asylum seekers in South Sudan risk losing access to lifesaving food, nutrition and other assistance due to critical funding shortfalls, leaving families who fled war and hunger with nowhere else to turn, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday. Without a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
Namibia Rejects US Demands for Data and Pathogen-Sharing 02/09/2026 Kerry Cullinan Namibia has rejected the United States’ demands for sharing health data and pathogen information during negotiations for renewed US support for its HIV programme, according to The Namibian newspaper. In the past few years, the country has received around $45 million a year in support from the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), […] Continue reading -> United States to Cut Health Funding to 18 Countries 59% by 2030 31/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The United States plans to cut its health funding to 18 countries by 59% of pre-2025 levels by 2030, according to a Public Citizen and Partners In Health analysis of the bilateral agreements the US has signed with these countries. The bilateral Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) were signed as part of the ‘America First Global […] Continue reading -> Historic Meta Settlement Mandates Safer Social Media for Youth 27/08/2026 Editorial team Following a landmark agreement in the United States on Wednesday, social media giant Meta agreed to pay up to $18 billion to US states. This historic settlement obliges the company to make Instagram and Facebook safer for children. Scientific research – including a landmark report by an expert panel commissioned by the European Commission – […] Continue reading -> Four DRC Health Zones Mark 42 Days With No New Ebola Infections 27/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Four of the 58 health zones in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) affected by the Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak have had no new cases in the past 42 days, while five others have been case-free for at least three weeks. “The message is that it is definitely possible in that environment to break the transmission,” […] Continue reading -> Violence Against Ebola Responders Mounts in DRC as Red Cross Condemns Attacks 24/08/2026 Stefan Anderson Twelve Red Cross volunteers have been injured and an ambulance set on fire in 11 violent incidents during the 100 days since the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) declared its Ebola outbreak, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement said Monday. Three volunteers taking part in response activities were attacked and injured by a […] Continue reading -> Ebola Outbreak May be Three Times the Officially Reported Size 21/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Over 5,000 people have been infected with the Ebola Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), but the outbreak may be three times the officially reported size, warned the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has said. Speaking at a press briefing, Africa CDC’s Prof Yap Boum said the estimation of various […] Continue reading -> NIH Lifts Ban on Research in South Africa 19/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The United States (US) National Institutes of Health (NIH) has lifted its ban on funding research projects in South Africa, according to a report by the journal, Science. The journal quotes an internal NIH memo sent to staff on Wednesday by director Dr Jay Bhattacharya, which says the NIH is exempt from an executive order […] Continue reading -> Political Declaration on Pandemics is Modified Ahead of UN Meeting 19/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The Political Declaration to be adopted at the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response (PPPR) on 25 September has been modified since being placed under the “silence procedure” in late July. This is according to those following the process. Most changes are relatively minor, bar the removal of reference to tuberculosis […] Continue reading -> South Sudan Refugees Face Extreme Hunger Due to Funding Shortfalls 14/08/2026 Editorial team More than 650,000 refugees and asylum seekers in South Sudan risk losing access to lifesaving food, nutrition and other assistance due to critical funding shortfalls, leaving families who fled war and hunger with nowhere else to turn, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday. Without a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
United States to Cut Health Funding to 18 Countries 59% by 2030 31/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The United States plans to cut its health funding to 18 countries by 59% of pre-2025 levels by 2030, according to a Public Citizen and Partners In Health analysis of the bilateral agreements the US has signed with these countries. The bilateral Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) were signed as part of the ‘America First Global […] Continue reading -> Historic Meta Settlement Mandates Safer Social Media for Youth 27/08/2026 Editorial team Following a landmark agreement in the United States on Wednesday, social media giant Meta agreed to pay up to $18 billion to US states. This historic settlement obliges the company to make Instagram and Facebook safer for children. Scientific research – including a landmark report by an expert panel commissioned by the European Commission – […] Continue reading -> Four DRC Health Zones Mark 42 Days With No New Ebola Infections 27/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Four of the 58 health zones in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) affected by the Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak have had no new cases in the past 42 days, while five others have been case-free for at least three weeks. “The message is that it is definitely possible in that environment to break the transmission,” […] Continue reading -> Violence Against Ebola Responders Mounts in DRC as Red Cross Condemns Attacks 24/08/2026 Stefan Anderson Twelve Red Cross volunteers have been injured and an ambulance set on fire in 11 violent incidents during the 100 days since the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) declared its Ebola outbreak, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement said Monday. Three volunteers taking part in response activities were attacked and injured by a […] Continue reading -> Ebola Outbreak May be Three Times the Officially Reported Size 21/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Over 5,000 people have been infected with the Ebola Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), but the outbreak may be three times the officially reported size, warned the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has said. Speaking at a press briefing, Africa CDC’s Prof Yap Boum said the estimation of various […] Continue reading -> NIH Lifts Ban on Research in South Africa 19/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The United States (US) National Institutes of Health (NIH) has lifted its ban on funding research projects in South Africa, according to a report by the journal, Science. The journal quotes an internal NIH memo sent to staff on Wednesday by director Dr Jay Bhattacharya, which says the NIH is exempt from an executive order […] Continue reading -> Political Declaration on Pandemics is Modified Ahead of UN Meeting 19/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The Political Declaration to be adopted at the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response (PPPR) on 25 September has been modified since being placed under the “silence procedure” in late July. This is according to those following the process. Most changes are relatively minor, bar the removal of reference to tuberculosis […] Continue reading -> South Sudan Refugees Face Extreme Hunger Due to Funding Shortfalls 14/08/2026 Editorial team More than 650,000 refugees and asylum seekers in South Sudan risk losing access to lifesaving food, nutrition and other assistance due to critical funding shortfalls, leaving families who fled war and hunger with nowhere else to turn, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday. Without a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
Historic Meta Settlement Mandates Safer Social Media for Youth 27/08/2026 Editorial team Following a landmark agreement in the United States on Wednesday, social media giant Meta agreed to pay up to $18 billion to US states. This historic settlement obliges the company to make Instagram and Facebook safer for children. Scientific research – including a landmark report by an expert panel commissioned by the European Commission – […] Continue reading -> Four DRC Health Zones Mark 42 Days With No New Ebola Infections 27/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Four of the 58 health zones in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) affected by the Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak have had no new cases in the past 42 days, while five others have been case-free for at least three weeks. “The message is that it is definitely possible in that environment to break the transmission,” […] Continue reading -> Violence Against Ebola Responders Mounts in DRC as Red Cross Condemns Attacks 24/08/2026 Stefan Anderson Twelve Red Cross volunteers have been injured and an ambulance set on fire in 11 violent incidents during the 100 days since the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) declared its Ebola outbreak, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement said Monday. Three volunteers taking part in response activities were attacked and injured by a […] Continue reading -> Ebola Outbreak May be Three Times the Officially Reported Size 21/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Over 5,000 people have been infected with the Ebola Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), but the outbreak may be three times the officially reported size, warned the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has said. Speaking at a press briefing, Africa CDC’s Prof Yap Boum said the estimation of various […] Continue reading -> NIH Lifts Ban on Research in South Africa 19/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The United States (US) National Institutes of Health (NIH) has lifted its ban on funding research projects in South Africa, according to a report by the journal, Science. The journal quotes an internal NIH memo sent to staff on Wednesday by director Dr Jay Bhattacharya, which says the NIH is exempt from an executive order […] Continue reading -> Political Declaration on Pandemics is Modified Ahead of UN Meeting 19/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The Political Declaration to be adopted at the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response (PPPR) on 25 September has been modified since being placed under the “silence procedure” in late July. This is according to those following the process. Most changes are relatively minor, bar the removal of reference to tuberculosis […] Continue reading -> South Sudan Refugees Face Extreme Hunger Due to Funding Shortfalls 14/08/2026 Editorial team More than 650,000 refugees and asylum seekers in South Sudan risk losing access to lifesaving food, nutrition and other assistance due to critical funding shortfalls, leaving families who fled war and hunger with nowhere else to turn, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday. Without a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
Four DRC Health Zones Mark 42 Days With No New Ebola Infections 27/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Four of the 58 health zones in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) affected by the Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak have had no new cases in the past 42 days, while five others have been case-free for at least three weeks. “The message is that it is definitely possible in that environment to break the transmission,” […] Continue reading -> Violence Against Ebola Responders Mounts in DRC as Red Cross Condemns Attacks 24/08/2026 Stefan Anderson Twelve Red Cross volunteers have been injured and an ambulance set on fire in 11 violent incidents during the 100 days since the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) declared its Ebola outbreak, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement said Monday. Three volunteers taking part in response activities were attacked and injured by a […] Continue reading -> Ebola Outbreak May be Three Times the Officially Reported Size 21/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Over 5,000 people have been infected with the Ebola Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), but the outbreak may be three times the officially reported size, warned the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has said. Speaking at a press briefing, Africa CDC’s Prof Yap Boum said the estimation of various […] Continue reading -> NIH Lifts Ban on Research in South Africa 19/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The United States (US) National Institutes of Health (NIH) has lifted its ban on funding research projects in South Africa, according to a report by the journal, Science. The journal quotes an internal NIH memo sent to staff on Wednesday by director Dr Jay Bhattacharya, which says the NIH is exempt from an executive order […] Continue reading -> Political Declaration on Pandemics is Modified Ahead of UN Meeting 19/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The Political Declaration to be adopted at the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response (PPPR) on 25 September has been modified since being placed under the “silence procedure” in late July. This is according to those following the process. Most changes are relatively minor, bar the removal of reference to tuberculosis […] Continue reading -> South Sudan Refugees Face Extreme Hunger Due to Funding Shortfalls 14/08/2026 Editorial team More than 650,000 refugees and asylum seekers in South Sudan risk losing access to lifesaving food, nutrition and other assistance due to critical funding shortfalls, leaving families who fled war and hunger with nowhere else to turn, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday. Without a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
Violence Against Ebola Responders Mounts in DRC as Red Cross Condemns Attacks 24/08/2026 Stefan Anderson Twelve Red Cross volunteers have been injured and an ambulance set on fire in 11 violent incidents during the 100 days since the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) declared its Ebola outbreak, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement said Monday. Three volunteers taking part in response activities were attacked and injured by a […] Continue reading -> Ebola Outbreak May be Three Times the Officially Reported Size 21/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Over 5,000 people have been infected with the Ebola Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), but the outbreak may be three times the officially reported size, warned the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has said. Speaking at a press briefing, Africa CDC’s Prof Yap Boum said the estimation of various […] Continue reading -> NIH Lifts Ban on Research in South Africa 19/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The United States (US) National Institutes of Health (NIH) has lifted its ban on funding research projects in South Africa, according to a report by the journal, Science. The journal quotes an internal NIH memo sent to staff on Wednesday by director Dr Jay Bhattacharya, which says the NIH is exempt from an executive order […] Continue reading -> Political Declaration on Pandemics is Modified Ahead of UN Meeting 19/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The Political Declaration to be adopted at the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response (PPPR) on 25 September has been modified since being placed under the “silence procedure” in late July. This is according to those following the process. Most changes are relatively minor, bar the removal of reference to tuberculosis […] Continue reading -> South Sudan Refugees Face Extreme Hunger Due to Funding Shortfalls 14/08/2026 Editorial team More than 650,000 refugees and asylum seekers in South Sudan risk losing access to lifesaving food, nutrition and other assistance due to critical funding shortfalls, leaving families who fled war and hunger with nowhere else to turn, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday. Without a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
Ebola Outbreak May be Three Times the Officially Reported Size 21/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Over 5,000 people have been infected with the Ebola Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), but the outbreak may be three times the officially reported size, warned the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has said. Speaking at a press briefing, Africa CDC’s Prof Yap Boum said the estimation of various […] Continue reading -> NIH Lifts Ban on Research in South Africa 19/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The United States (US) National Institutes of Health (NIH) has lifted its ban on funding research projects in South Africa, according to a report by the journal, Science. The journal quotes an internal NIH memo sent to staff on Wednesday by director Dr Jay Bhattacharya, which says the NIH is exempt from an executive order […] Continue reading -> Political Declaration on Pandemics is Modified Ahead of UN Meeting 19/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The Political Declaration to be adopted at the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response (PPPR) on 25 September has been modified since being placed under the “silence procedure” in late July. This is according to those following the process. Most changes are relatively minor, bar the removal of reference to tuberculosis […] Continue reading -> South Sudan Refugees Face Extreme Hunger Due to Funding Shortfalls 14/08/2026 Editorial team More than 650,000 refugees and asylum seekers in South Sudan risk losing access to lifesaving food, nutrition and other assistance due to critical funding shortfalls, leaving families who fled war and hunger with nowhere else to turn, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday. Without a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
NIH Lifts Ban on Research in South Africa 19/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The United States (US) National Institutes of Health (NIH) has lifted its ban on funding research projects in South Africa, according to a report by the journal, Science. The journal quotes an internal NIH memo sent to staff on Wednesday by director Dr Jay Bhattacharya, which says the NIH is exempt from an executive order […] Continue reading -> Political Declaration on Pandemics is Modified Ahead of UN Meeting 19/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The Political Declaration to be adopted at the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response (PPPR) on 25 September has been modified since being placed under the “silence procedure” in late July. This is according to those following the process. Most changes are relatively minor, bar the removal of reference to tuberculosis […] Continue reading -> South Sudan Refugees Face Extreme Hunger Due to Funding Shortfalls 14/08/2026 Editorial team More than 650,000 refugees and asylum seekers in South Sudan risk losing access to lifesaving food, nutrition and other assistance due to critical funding shortfalls, leaving families who fled war and hunger with nowhere else to turn, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday. Without a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
Political Declaration on Pandemics is Modified Ahead of UN Meeting 19/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The Political Declaration to be adopted at the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response (PPPR) on 25 September has been modified since being placed under the “silence procedure” in late July. This is according to those following the process. Most changes are relatively minor, bar the removal of reference to tuberculosis […] Continue reading -> South Sudan Refugees Face Extreme Hunger Due to Funding Shortfalls 14/08/2026 Editorial team More than 650,000 refugees and asylum seekers in South Sudan risk losing access to lifesaving food, nutrition and other assistance due to critical funding shortfalls, leaving families who fled war and hunger with nowhere else to turn, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday. Without a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
South Sudan Refugees Face Extreme Hunger Due to Funding Shortfalls 14/08/2026 Editorial team More than 650,000 refugees and asylum seekers in South Sudan risk losing access to lifesaving food, nutrition and other assistance due to critical funding shortfalls, leaving families who fled war and hunger with nowhere else to turn, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday. Without a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts