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The United States will contribute $1.6 billion over the next five years to support HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria, maternal and child health, polio eradication, disease surveillance, and infectious disease outbreak response and preparedness in Kenya.
George W. Bush Presidential Center
By 2050 AMR-related deaths in Africa could soar to 4.1 million each year, pushing millions into extreme poverty and reversing decades of progress in infectious disease control.
Africa CDC
Drug-resistant infections are projected to rise dramatically in the coming decades if no action is taken, undermining decades of progress in infectious disease control.
ISID
The Second Trump White House Could Drastically Reshape Infectious Disease Research.
The Pandora Report
If NIH-funded research grinds to a halt, long-awaited treatments for everything from cancer to diabetes - and whatever infectious disease might spark the next pandemic - could be delayed for years.
Vox
Although fully preventable and curable, TB remains a persistent global health challenge and is projected to be a leading infectious disease by 2025.
Inter Press Service
As new infectious disease threats continue to emerge, public health leaders warn that cuts to the CDC and related agencies will not only harm vulnerable populations but also increase overall healthcare costs, strain emergency departments, and put the entire country at greater risk.
Infection Control Today
While communities in every region of the world are facing growing threats from climate change, disadvantaged communities have fewer resources and less recourse, so are disproportionately impacted by climate-driven heatwaves, extreme weather, and infectious disease outbreaks.
The Global Climate and Health Alliance
Even though 2025's flu vaccine may be somewhat of a mismatch for subclade K, infectious disease experts expect it to substantially heighten defences against infection and especially help prevent severe illness, hospitalizations, and deaths.
Everyday Health
Most donor countries, including the United States, have prioritized cross-border infectious disease threats over other health harms in climate-health adaptation financing and in their global health strategies.
Council on Foreign Relations
A large-scale screen of tuberculosis proteins has revealed several possible antigens that could be developed as a new vaccine for TB, the world's deadliest infectious disease.
MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Scientists have created a promising new compound that could mark a major step forward in the global effort to control tuberculosis, the world's deadliest infectious disease.
ScienceDaily
Any withdrawal or reduction in financial support poses a severe risk to the fight against the world's deadliest infectious disease, threatening hard-won gains and delaying life-saving breakthroughs.
Public Health Update
The highly infectious polio virus has been found in sewage samples in Gaza, putting thousands of Palestinians at risk of contracting a disease that can cause paralysis.
CNN
The patchwork systems of global and domestic monitoring for the next infectious disease threat should be expanded, linked and better funded; and public and private health agencies must improve coordination to be prepared for the next global disease threat.
Medical Xpress
As a gateway to East Africa through Port Mombasa, Kenya's capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to infectious disease threats is critical.
The White House
The US network hopes to transform the analytic capacities for infectious disease outbreaks by combining machine learning and AI with the best available technologies and academic research.
Technology Networks
Despite moderate technical capacity, Brazil remains vulnerable to infectious disease threats due to fragmented health governance and limited cross-sectoral integration.BioMed Central
Last updated: 07 January 2026
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