by Sharon Zhang | Jul 30, 2026 | AIDS Crisis, Global health, Marco Rubio, News, PEPFAR, State Department
The U.S. State Department presented a map of Africa at a global AIDS conference this week in which every country was mislabelled and its borders jumbled. The map, as first reported by Substack writer and AIDS expert Emily Bass and confirmed by Reuters, “caused a stir” when it was presented by a top official from the foreign affairs agency. The graphic shows an outline of Africa with six…
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by Amy Goodman | May 18, 2026 | Democratic Republic of Congo, Ebola, Global health, hantavirus, Interview, Trump Administration, Uganda, USAID, WHO
The World Health Organization declared a global health emergency on Saturday due to the rapid spread of Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. Ebola causes severe hemorrhagic fever and is often fatal. There’s no approved vaccine for the strain of Ebola responsible for the current outbreak, known as the Bundibugyo variant. The WHO said in a statement that the outbreak is…
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