Pandemic

Ethiopia has taken another significant step toward strengthening its public health emergency preparedness and response capacity with the graduation of 89 health professionals under the fourth cohort of the African Volunteer Health Corps (AVoHC SURGE) initiative. The training was implemented by the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) with support from…

A handful of former public health officials are campaigning for top statewide offices across the country, testing whether their experience with covid and other hot-button health issues will appeal to voters in November. The officials, all Democrats, are running at a time when the Trump administration is reducing government funding…

Since the start of the pandemic, Kenyans have embraced a cashless culture. Many stores and service providers, such as shopping and delivery apps, only accept payments via mobile money or credit or debit cards. Digital payments are becoming more commonplace within the continent. According to Africa Nenda, instant payment systems…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former CBS News journalist Brittney Hopper claimed Thursday that she got into trouble after questioning Dr. Anthony Fauci, former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) director, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Hopper appeared on News24 in Australia to…

Dr. Anthony Fauci has drawn anger and threats of contempt charges from Republicans after he repeatedly invoked his Fifth Amendment right during a Senate hearing on the COVID pandemic...Read More

Stakeholders implementing Ghana's Pandemic Fund Project met in Accra for the first Annual Review Meeting to assess progress made over the past year, discuss implementation challenges, share lessons learned, and agree on priority actions for the year ahead. The meeting brought together representatives from the Ghana Health Service (GHS), the…

Zambia: Economic test looms for next administration Zambia has managed to stabilize its economy after becoming the first sovereign to default on its debt obligations during the Covid-19 pandemic. It has since negotiated restructuring deals with the majority of its creditors and successfully concluded a $1.7 billion funding program with…

Washington: Anthony Fauci is 85. He retired from public service in 2022, after 54 years at the National Institutes of Health and 38 as head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. I met him recently at a European Union event in Washington. He is physically fine, mentally…

Takimag Fauci’s writings reveal a man obsessed with the fame and fortune he received during the pandemic. TakiMag Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Natio I thought of various clever-seeming ways to organize this cornucopia of quotes from the diary of the former director of the National Institute of Allergy…

Democracy Dies in Darkness The former official invoked the Fifth Amendment in response to all questions at a hearing after alleging the GOP senator was seeking to wrongly trap him with perjury charges. July 29, 2026 David Schertler, center, an attorney for infectious-disease expert Anthony S. Fauci, right, is removed…