MedPage Today: NIAID Director: Measles Not a ‘Trivial Disease’ “…Growing numbers of measles outbreaks in the U.S., as well as abroad, threaten children, pregnant women, as well as cancer patients and patients living with HIV, according to Anthony Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases…

NIH: Decline in measles vaccination is causing a preventable global resurgence of the disease “In 2000, measles was declared to be eliminated in the United States, when no sustained transmission of the virus was seen in this country for more than 12 months. Today, however, the United States and many…

NPR: U.S. Aid Agency Is Preparing To Lay Off Most Local Staff For Palestinian Projects “Under orders from the Trump administration, the U.S. Agency for International Development is preparing to lay off most of its Palestinian aid workers in its West Bank and Gaza mission, according to U.S. government communications…

World Food Programme: U.S. provides $3 million to WFP in response to Malawi floods “The United States Government has contributed US$3 million … for the emergency response to Cyclone Idai in Malawi. The funds, provided by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of Food for Peace, will support…

USAID/Medium: Zimbabweans Feeding Zimbabweans Doreen Hove, a development outreach and communications specialist with USAID’s mission in Zimbabwe, discusses the USAID’s Enhancing Nutrition, Stepping Up Resilience and Enterprise (ENSURE) project in the country. Farmers who participate in the program receive education and support to grow drought-resistant crops, and then are able…

The Guardian: Hypocrisy without borders: the pomposity of Ivanka Trump’s trip to Africa Arwa Mahdawi, columnist and brand strategist at The Guardian “…On Sunday, the first daughter and presidential adviser [Ivanka Trump] set off on a four-day trip to Ethiopia and Ivory Coast to promote the U.S. government’s Women’s Global…

Foreign Policy: Your Cell Phone Is Spreading Ebola Laurie Garrett, former senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations “…[The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ebola outbreak] is now on the edge of catastrophe that requires an urgent response. The most urgent of all is also among…

Associated Press: U.S. ‘concerned’ over misused funds allegations at UNAIDS “The U.S. government has expressed concern about allegations of misused funds at the U.N.’s AIDS agency after a report by the Associated Press this week revealed ongoing financial and sexual misconduct problems at the agency. In a statement late Tuesday,…

New York Times: Trump Vetoes Measure to Force End to U.S. Involvement in Yemen War “President Trump vetoed a bipartisan resolution on Tuesday that would have forced an end to American military involvement in Saudi Arabia’s civil war in Yemen, rejecting an appeal by lawmakers to his own deeply rooted…

USAID: USAID Administrator Green’s and Adviser to the President Ivanka Trump’s Meetings in Côte d’Ivoire “[Tuesday], USAID Administrator Mark Green and Adviser to the President Ivanka Trump met with Vice President of Côte d’Ivoire Daniel Kablan Duncan at the Presidential Palace to discuss Côte d’Ivoire’s economic reform process, the White…