Parasites and infections that cause blindness and other disabilities were nearly eliminated in some countries, but drug distribution to prevent and treat them was derailed in many places in 2025 after the U.S. cut aid.
The U.S. Agency for International Development has been a major supporter of global agriculture research. Now many studies are being scuttled or scaled back.
Brian Diers was employed by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign soybean “innovation lab” before it was shuttered. Now he works with soybean plants on a volunteer basis.
A health clinic in Mhlosheni, Eswatini, in May. Health funding from the U.S. to Eswatini — where a quarter of adults live with H.I.V. — would drop by 34 percent under the new agreement between the two countries.
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