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 -> WHO Officials Condemn Trump’s Vaccination Changes 12/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Top World Health Organization (WHO) officials are concerned that the United States President Donald Trump’s move to alter his country’s childhood vaccinations via an executive order will endanger children. “WHO is concerned that the changes to immunisation policy in the US are not aligned with the best science,” Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a […] Continue reading -> White House Attempt to Control Science Grants is Blocked – For Now 10/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The plan by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to subject all United States research grants to political oversight has been halted by the US Senate – at least for now. A clause preventing the OMB from introducing any new rules was included in the non-partisan temporary spending Bill passed by the […] Continue reading -> US Government Burns Goodwill With Incorrect Map of Africa 01/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan RIO DE JANEIRO – The United States’ rapid dismantling of its HIV funding since January 2025 has caused the worst financial crisis for the sector in decades – but the US government’s willingness to host an information session on its new America First Global Health Strategy on the eve of the International AIDS Conference earned […] 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 -> WHO Officials Condemn Trump’s Vaccination Changes 12/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Top World Health Organization (WHO) officials are concerned that the United States President Donald Trump’s move to alter his country’s childhood vaccinations via an executive order will endanger children. “WHO is concerned that the changes to immunisation policy in the US are not aligned with the best science,” Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a […] Continue reading -> White House Attempt to Control Science Grants is Blocked – For Now 10/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The plan by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to subject all United States research grants to political oversight has been halted by the US Senate – at least for now. A clause preventing the OMB from introducing any new rules was included in the non-partisan temporary spending Bill passed by the […] Continue reading -> US Government Burns Goodwill With Incorrect Map of Africa 01/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan RIO DE JANEIRO – The United States’ rapid dismantling of its HIV funding since January 2025 has caused the worst financial crisis for the sector in decades – but the US government’s willingness to host an information session on its new America First Global Health Strategy on the eve of the International AIDS Conference earned […] 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 -> WHO Officials Condemn Trump’s Vaccination Changes 12/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Top World Health Organization (WHO) officials are concerned that the United States President Donald Trump’s move to alter his country’s childhood vaccinations via an executive order will endanger children. “WHO is concerned that the changes to immunisation policy in the US are not aligned with the best science,” Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a […] Continue reading -> White House Attempt to Control Science Grants is Blocked – For Now 10/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The plan by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to subject all United States research grants to political oversight has been halted by the US Senate – at least for now. A clause preventing the OMB from introducing any new rules was included in the non-partisan temporary spending Bill passed by the […] Continue reading -> US Government Burns Goodwill With Incorrect Map of Africa 01/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan RIO DE JANEIRO – The United States’ rapid dismantling of its HIV funding since January 2025 has caused the worst financial crisis for the sector in decades – but the US government’s willingness to host an information session on its new America First Global Health Strategy on the eve of the International AIDS Conference earned […] 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 -> WHO Officials Condemn Trump’s Vaccination Changes 12/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Top World Health Organization (WHO) officials are concerned that the United States President Donald Trump’s move to alter his country’s childhood vaccinations via an executive order will endanger children. “WHO is concerned that the changes to immunisation policy in the US are not aligned with the best science,” Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a […] Continue reading -> White House Attempt to Control Science Grants is Blocked – For Now 10/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The plan by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to subject all United States research grants to political oversight has been halted by the US Senate – at least for now. A clause preventing the OMB from introducing any new rules was included in the non-partisan temporary spending Bill passed by the […] Continue reading -> US Government Burns Goodwill With Incorrect Map of Africa 01/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan RIO DE JANEIRO – The United States’ rapid dismantling of its HIV funding since January 2025 has caused the worst financial crisis for the sector in decades – but the US government’s willingness to host an information session on its new America First Global Health Strategy on the eve of the International AIDS Conference earned […] 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 -> WHO Officials Condemn Trump’s Vaccination Changes 12/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Top World Health Organization (WHO) officials are concerned that the United States President Donald Trump’s move to alter his country’s childhood vaccinations via an executive order will endanger children. “WHO is concerned that the changes to immunisation policy in the US are not aligned with the best science,” Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a […] Continue reading -> White House Attempt to Control Science Grants is Blocked – For Now 10/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The plan by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to subject all United States research grants to political oversight has been halted by the US Senate – at least for now. A clause preventing the OMB from introducing any new rules was included in the non-partisan temporary spending Bill passed by the […] Continue reading -> US Government Burns Goodwill With Incorrect Map of Africa 01/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan RIO DE JANEIRO – The United States’ rapid dismantling of its HIV funding since January 2025 has caused the worst financial crisis for the sector in decades – but the US government’s willingness to host an information session on its new America First Global Health Strategy on the eve of the International AIDS Conference earned […] 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 -> WHO Officials Condemn Trump’s Vaccination Changes 12/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Top World Health Organization (WHO) officials are concerned that the United States President Donald Trump’s move to alter his country’s childhood vaccinations via an executive order will endanger children. “WHO is concerned that the changes to immunisation policy in the US are not aligned with the best science,” Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a […] Continue reading -> White House Attempt to Control Science Grants is Blocked – For Now 10/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The plan by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to subject all United States research grants to political oversight has been halted by the US Senate – at least for now. A clause preventing the OMB from introducing any new rules was included in the non-partisan temporary spending Bill passed by the […] Continue reading -> US Government Burns Goodwill With Incorrect Map of Africa 01/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan RIO DE JANEIRO – The United States’ rapid dismantling of its HIV funding since January 2025 has caused the worst financial crisis for the sector in decades – but the US government’s willingness to host an information session on its new America First Global Health Strategy on the eve of the International AIDS Conference earned […] 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 -> WHO Officials Condemn Trump’s Vaccination Changes 12/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Top World Health Organization (WHO) officials are concerned that the United States President Donald Trump’s move to alter his country’s childhood vaccinations via an executive order will endanger children. “WHO is concerned that the changes to immunisation policy in the US are not aligned with the best science,” Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a […] Continue reading -> White House Attempt to Control Science Grants is Blocked – For Now 10/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The plan by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to subject all United States research grants to political oversight has been halted by the US Senate – at least for now. A clause preventing the OMB from introducing any new rules was included in the non-partisan temporary spending Bill passed by the […] Continue reading -> US Government Burns Goodwill With Incorrect Map of Africa 01/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan RIO DE JANEIRO – The United States’ rapid dismantling of its HIV funding since January 2025 has caused the worst financial crisis for the sector in decades – but the US government’s willingness to host an information session on its new America First Global Health Strategy on the eve of the International AIDS Conference earned […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
WHO Officials Condemn Trump’s Vaccination Changes 12/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Top World Health Organization (WHO) officials are concerned that the United States President Donald Trump’s move to alter his country’s childhood vaccinations via an executive order will endanger children. “WHO is concerned that the changes to immunisation policy in the US are not aligned with the best science,” Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a […] Continue reading -> White House Attempt to Control Science Grants is Blocked – For Now 10/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The plan by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to subject all United States research grants to political oversight has been halted by the US Senate – at least for now. A clause preventing the OMB from introducing any new rules was included in the non-partisan temporary spending Bill passed by the […] Continue reading -> US Government Burns Goodwill With Incorrect Map of Africa 01/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan RIO DE JANEIRO – The United States’ rapid dismantling of its HIV funding since January 2025 has caused the worst financial crisis for the sector in decades – but the US government’s willingness to host an information session on its new America First Global Health Strategy on the eve of the International AIDS Conference earned […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
White House Attempt to Control Science Grants is Blocked – For Now 10/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The plan by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to subject all United States research grants to political oversight has been halted by the US Senate – at least for now. A clause preventing the OMB from introducing any new rules was included in the non-partisan temporary spending Bill passed by the […] Continue reading -> US Government Burns Goodwill With Incorrect Map of Africa 01/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan RIO DE JANEIRO – The United States’ rapid dismantling of its HIV funding since January 2025 has caused the worst financial crisis for the sector in decades – but the US government’s willingness to host an information session on its new America First Global Health Strategy on the eve of the International AIDS Conference earned […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
US Government Burns Goodwill With Incorrect Map of Africa 01/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan RIO DE JANEIRO – The United States’ rapid dismantling of its HIV funding since January 2025 has caused the worst financial crisis for the sector in decades – but the US government’s willingness to host an information session on its new America First Global Health Strategy on the eve of the International AIDS Conference earned […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts