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How a health clinic in South Africa is navigating Trump's cuts to HIV funding: Consider This from NPR
1+ hour, 6+ min ago (230+ words) Community health programs in South Africa have been heavily impacted by U. S. cuts to global aid. Which means there are fewer community and health workers to support low-income people with HIV and AIDS. We recently visited one of those programs, called…...
Helping South Africans access HIV treatment " with a much-reduced budget
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (83+ words) Community health programs in South Africa have been heavily impacted by U. S. cuts to global aid. At one organization which once employed over 30 workers, the four who remain tell of their experiences. Helping South Africans access HIV treatment " with a much-reduced…...
In Beirut, refugee girls and women learn more than self-defense in martial arts class
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (1496+ words) Palestinian girls train in jiu jitsu in the refugee camp of Bourj el Barajneh in South Beirut. Aline Deschamps for NPR hide caption BEIRUT " In a makeshift gym in the Burj al-Barajneh refugee camp, the participants in this martial arts…...
U. S. aid cuts are affecting HIV/AIDS care in Sub-Saharan Africa
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (75+ words) NPR's Juana Summers recaps a recent reporting trip to South Africa and Mozambique focused on the current state of AIDS treatment in light of U. S. foreign aid changes. U. S. aid cuts are affecting HIV/AIDS care in Sub-Saharan Africa NPR's Juana Summers…...
Ebola outbreaks past and present: State of the World from NPR: NPR
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (210+ words) The World Health Organization has declared an international public health emergency because of an outbreak of Ebola centered in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has so far likely killed over 130 people and sickened more than 600. The size of the…...
How contagious is Ebola? And how worried should you be about the current outbreak?
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (1756+ words) The number of Ebola cases has been growing " and growing by a lot " each day since the World Health Organization declared a public health emergency on Saturday. The latest toll? More than 600 suspected cases and 139 suspected-Ebola deaths. The vast majority…...
Organizers of a canceled human rights conference in Zambia say China intervened
2+ week, 5+ day ago (70+ words) Zambia was due to host Rights Con, the world's biggest digital rights gathering, this week -- but abruptly canceled the event. Organizers blame Chinese pressure for the decision. Organizers of a canceled human rights conference in Zambia say China intervened Zambia…...
Contact tracing could be key in halting the spread of hantavirus. Here's how it works
2+ week, 5+ day ago (697+ words) An international team of disease detectives is now racing to connect with the more than two dozen passengers who disembarked the MV Honius cruise ship on the Atlantic island of St. Helena before the hantavirus outbreak was identified. These individuals…...
Spain readies for evacuations as a hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads for Canary Islands
2+ week, 5+ day ago (613+ words) Health workers in protective gear arrive to evacuate patients from the MV Hondius cruise ship at a port in Praia, Cape Verde, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. Misper Apawu/AP hide caption MADRID " Spanish authorities on Friday were preparing to receive more than…...
Hantavirus on cruise ship confirmed as rare type that can spread human-to-human
3+ week, 1+ day ago (659+ words) The bank vole is one of the rodents that can transmit the hantavirus. In rare cases, there is human-to-human transmission. Patrick Pleul/picture alliance/via Getty Images hide caption It appears that hantavirus " which is typically spread by exposure to…...