USAID leads the government's efforts to combat the spread of infectious diseases before they land on American soil. Some experts claim Musk broke it.
Donald Trump’s top campaign donor said DOGE accidentally cut off Ebola prevention funds but quickly reversed course. Reporting suggests otherwise.
USAID’s initiatives to fight Ebola and other diseases have been gutted, current and former agency officials said.
Elon Musk said USAID's "Ebola prevention" was "accidentally canceled" but "immediately" restored. Health specialists following the current outbreak in Uganda raise doubts about the restoration.
In a Cabinet meeting, Elon Musk defended the actions his team has made to cut government jobs, but public health experts say Musk is wrong. USAID's Ebola prevention efforts have been largely frozen since the agency was mostly shuttered last month.
Elon Musk defended DOGE’s budget cuts, claiming USAID’s Ebola prevention efforts were restored, but reports suggest the program remains largely frozen, raising concerns about global health security.
For example, with USAID one of the things we accidentally cancelled, very briefly, was Ebola prevention." Elon Musk told a cabinet meeting that DOGE ‘accidentally’ cut a USAID program working ...