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Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid

Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid

Lifesaving health initiatives and medical research projects have shut down around the world in response to the Trump administration’s 90-day pause on foreign aid and stop-work orders. In Uganda, the National Malaria Control Program has suspended spraying insecticide into village homes and ceased shipments of bed nets for distribution to pregnant women and young children, said Dr. Jimmy Opigo, the …

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Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid

Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid

Lifesaving health initiatives and medical research projects have shut down around the world in response to the Trump administration’s 90-day pause on foreign aid and stop-work orders. In Uganda, the National Malaria Control Program has suspended spraying insecticide into village homes and ceased shipments of bed nets for distribution to pregnant women and young children, said Dr. Jimmy Opigo, the …

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Trump’s Halt on Climate Spending Freezes Jobs and Stalls Projects

Trump’s Halt on Climate Spending Freezes Jobs and Stalls Projects

When marble-size hail fell on Alabama in 2023, it devastated Camp Hill, a town of 1,000 where nearly half the residents live below the poverty line. Decks were demolished, cars shattered, roofs destroyed, and few people had insurance. The community was expecting to get help this month in the form of a $20 million federal grant to help homeowners make …

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U.S. Halt to Foreign Aid Cripples Programs Worldwide

U.S. Halt to Foreign Aid Cripples Programs Worldwide

Treating H.I.V. across dozens of nations. Stopping the forced labor of Chinese workers. Training Mexican and Colombian police in anti-narcotics enforcement. Those are just a tiny sample of aid programs around the world operating with grant money from the U.S. government that could be permanently shut down under an executive order President Trump signed last week to halt foreign aid. …

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A Nutrition Program for Low-Income Americans Seeks Clarity on Funding Pause

A Nutrition Program for Low-Income Americans Seeks Clarity on Funding Pause

Representatives of groups that administer the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, a $7 billion effort funded entirely by the federal government, did not know on Tuesday whether the federal funding pause would affect the program. W.I.C., as it’s usually called, provides vouchers for healthy foods to low-income pregnant and postpartum women, infants and children. Trump administration officials …

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The California FAIR Plan Faces Crucial Insurance Test

The California FAIR Plan Faces Crucial Insurance Test

It’s too soon to know how the Los Angeles fires will change life in California, but it may heavily depend on the answer to a single question: Will a once-obscure insurance program run out of money? That program, the California FAIR Plan, was created by state lawmakers in 1968 to cover people who couldn’t get standard home insurance for various …

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