New York Times: U.S. and Chinese Scientists Trace Evolution of Coronaviruses in Bats “An international team of scientists, including a prominent researcher at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, has analyzed all known coronaviruses in Chinese bats and used genetic analysis to trace the likely origin of the novel coronavirus to…

CNBC: WHO’s plea to Trump: We ‘wish’ for collaboration with U.S. to continue “The World Health Organization’s top official said Monday that he hopes the agency’s partnership with the United States can continue, even after President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. will cut ties with the international aid group.…

AFRICA Bloomberg Quint: Old Scourges Revived in Africa as the Pandemic Drains Resources (Bax/Sguazzin, 6/2). New Humanitarian: Return pressure builds as COVID-19 hits South Sudan displacement camps (Craze/Pendle, 6/1). Quartz: Africa After Covid-19 (Multiple authors, 6/1). Reuters: South Africa loosens lockdown in economic recovery effort (Cox et al., 6/1). VOA:…

Bloomberg Government: Pentagon Taps Rescue Funds to Use AI for Virus Care, Vaccine “The Defense Department is seeking to adapt artificial intelligence technology it uses to track down terrorists with drones or predict when aircraft need maintenance for a new purpose: screening and testing novel coronavirus treatments and vaccines. The…

U.S. Department of Defense: DOD Supports Partner Nations With COVID-19 Mitigation Assistance David Vergun, associate editor/writer at the Department of Defense, discusses the DoD’s Cooperative Threat Reduction Program and its efforts to address COVID-19 (6/1). U.S. Department of Defense: DOD Launches Effort to Collect 8,000 Units of COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma…

KFF: The U.S. Government and the World Health Organization This fact sheet provides information about the World Health Organization (WHO) and U.S. government funding and engagement with WHO (4/16).

Reuters: Trump postpones G7 summit, seeks to add countries to invitation list “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would postpone a Group of Seven summit he had hoped to hold next month until September or later and expand the list of invitees to include Australia, Russia, South Korea,…

Arab News: America’s withdrawal from the WHO is unhealthy for us all Cornelia Meyer, business consultant, macro-economist, and energy expert (5/30). CNN: The real cost of Trump’s WHO pullout Hajer Naili, communications and media manager at the Soufan Center (5/31). Foreign Policy: Trump Scapegoats China and WHO — and Americans…

Bloomberg: Pandemic Is an Opportunity for Developing Nations Mihir Sharma, Bloomberg Opinion columnist (5/30). Devex: COVID-19 as the catalyst for NGOs’ digital transformation Rakesh Bharania, director of humanitarian impact data at Salesforce.org (5/29). Foreign Policy: Leaders Can’t Lift Lockdowns Without Public Trust Avtar Singh, writer and editor at Foreign Policy…

White House: Joint Statement From the United States of America and the Federative Republic of Brazil Regarding Health Cooperation This joint statement from the U.S. and Brazil discusses health cooperation between the two countries and notes, “The American and Brazilian people stand in solidarity in the fight against the coronavirus.…