In 1983 surgeons across East Africa began to compare notes about a new disease, known colloquially as “slim,” which was ...

In 2023, after a brief hiatus, tuberculosis regained from COVID its status as the world’s deadliest infectious disease—a title it has held for most of what we know of human history. Some people die of ...

I thought he was perhaps 9 years old. His doctors later told ... In 1985, physicians in Zaire and Zambia noted high rates of active tuberculosis among patients who had the emerging disease now known ...

Potential foreign aid cuts could lead ... at higher risk of acquiring HIV. The authors also found there could be 770,000 to 2.9 million HIV-related deaths in children and adults worldwide.

Potential foreign aid ... new HIV infections, which is between a 1.3-to-six-fold increase in potential new infections for those at higher risk of acquiring HIV. The authors also found there could be ...

men who have sex with men and children. The U.S. slashed U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) funding, including HIV treatment and prevention programs. PEPFAR (the President’s Emergency ...

HIV infections and deaths will rise as a result of cuts to foreign aid, according to a study ... 770,000 to 2.9 million HIV-related deaths in children and adults could occur in the same time ...

In January, the Trump administration ordered a broad pause on all US funding for foreign aid ... extra HIV-related deaths. Most of these would be because of cuts to treatment. For children ...

As CBS News reported, contractors with the U.S. government's Bureau for Global Health — the USAID department responsible for projects covering HIV/AIDS treatment, maternal and child health ...

They also infected her with HIV. More than two years later ... Meanwhile millions in Tigray still rely on humanitarian aid and 18% of children are malnourished, leaving them vulnerable to diseases.