Reminiscent of Orson Welles' "The Third Man": Every stolen antibiotic or antiretroviral resold through a back-channel pharmacy represents both a taxpayer dollar that bought nothing and a patient who got an expired, mishandled, or counterfeit dose instead of treatment.
The agency played an important role in responding to earlier disasters like the 2015 earthquake. But the U.S. and other countries have pulled back, Nepali officials and humanitarian groups say.
The U.S.-backed program previously supported “investments in HIV testing, counselling, community-based organizations and other key health system intervention.”
The planned reductions — targeting programs that combat the spread of deadly diseases — coincide with an administration push to make developing nations spend more.
Federal investigators spent years building a case that a taxpayer-funded nonprofit billed two agencies for the same dangerous-pathogen research in Wuhan, and no one has been charged with it, leading to questions of whether grant fraud on that scale carries any consequence.
Newly uncovered documents show Anthony Fauci’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases collaborated closely with the CIA on sensitive “forensic microbiology” efforts, raising fresh questions about accountability and blurred lines between public health and intelligence. The Daily Caller News Foundation reports that an undated interagency agreement details how Fauci’s NIAID worked hand in glove […] The post Documents reveal Fauci’s NIAID quietly partnered with CIA on bioterror research appeared first on American Almanac .
Newly uncovered documents show Anthony Fauci’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases collaborated closely with the CIA on sensitive “forensic microbiology” efforts, raising fresh questions about accountability and blurred lines between public health and intelligence. The Daily Caller News Foundation reports that an undated interagency agreement details how Fauci’s NIAID worked hand in glove with the CIA’s Biological Technology Center on programs involving bioterrorism-linked germs and “forensic comparative analyses.” The CIA provided funding and helped NIAID obtain pathogens, while both agencies sought to develop a “robust forensic microbiology capability.” Data from the research could not be shared…Open
The agency referred a former United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees school teacher and Hamas operative for debarment for allegedly receiving and holding civilian hostages beginning on October 7, 2023.
“America’s greatest competitive advantage remains in its own people," Trump said at a White House event. "Tomorrow’s leaders are sitting in classrooms today, including those growing up in foster care. Their capability is no less remarkable.”