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Associated Press: Ebola vaccines to be shipped to Congo, WHO chief says “Ebola vaccines will be shipped as quickly as possible to Congo as the number of suspected cases in the latest outbreak grows, the head of the World Health Organization said Friday as the agency prepared for a ‘worst-case…

The Hill: Senators urge Trump to support universal flu vaccine bill “Seven senators are calling on President Trump to support their legislation that would provide a $1 billion boost for research to create a universal flu vaccine. Six Democrats and Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) called the seasonal flu a ‘pressing…

Associated Press: U.N. health agency aims to wipe out trans fats worldwide “The World Health Organization has released a plan to help countries wipe out trans fats from the global food supply in the next five years. … In a statement Monday, the U.N. health agency said eliminating trans fats…

NPR: South Sudan Update “NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to John Prendergast of the Enough Project about the effects of U.S. humanitarian aid to South Sudan amid a humanitarian crisis. … The Trump administration says it will review all aid that it gives to South Sudan as the eight-year-old nation spirals…

Live Science: Here’s What the Next Pandemic Pathogen Might Look Like “…[A]lthough pathogens like Ebola and Zika make headlines, they are unlikely to cause a global pandemic disaster. Instead, viruses that are spread through the air — including those related to the common cold virus — pose a bigger threat,…

Al Jazeera: UNICEF: 400,000 children on ‘verge’ of death in the DRC “Up to 400,000 children are at risk of starving to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo unless humanitarian aid efforts are ramped up, the U.N.’s children’s agency has warned…” (5/11). Al Jazeera: What can be done to…

Devex: Analyzing Australia’s aid trajectory (Cornish, 5/11). Devex: Applying a workplace model to family planning outreach in the Philippines (Ravelo, 5/14). Nigeria’s Guardian: Federal government, U.S. sign MoU on HIV, Hepatitis B, C survey (Onyedika-Ugoeze/Onyenucheya, 5/11). Newsweek: Meet the woman saving thousands of girls from female genital mutilation (Maza, 5/12).…

PEPFAR: Renewed Partnership to Help End AIDS and Cervical Cancer in Africa “In advance of Mother’s Day, the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the George W. Bush Institute, and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) [Friday] announced the Partnership to End AIDS and Cervical Cancer…

Washington Post: George W. Bush reminds us how decent leaders sound Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post columnist “…In receiving the Atlantic Council’s Distinguished International Leadership Award for his work [to] fight HIV/AIDS through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) initiative in Africa, [former President George W. Bush] explained, ‘In…

New York Times: The World Doesn’t Need Trans Fats Editorial Board “…[T]he WHO … has long urged countries to issue nutritional guidelines that advise people to avoid trans fats. But it is not always easy for consumers to know when they are eating these oils, which are often in packaged…