The Download: US aid disruptions, and imagining the future
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The US’ decision to cut funding to AIDS organisations worldwide is having a dire impact on public health, with modelling suggesting 1,400 infants are being infected by HIV daily as a result.
The executive order, implemented by President Trump on 20 January, forced more than a third of global organisations providing essential HIV services to close, according to surveys.
It also resulted in hundreds of thousands of people losing access to HIV treatment.
US judge orders DOGE to cease dismantling USAID, asserting efforts are likely to violate the US Constitution; judge rules order likely violates US Constitution, bars DOGE from further efforts to shut down USAID; department has also targeted workers preventing tech overspending.
A security proposal from Oracle could enable it to keep operating in the US, though the deal would see the app’s algorithm remain in the hands of its Chinese parent company.
NASA astronauts have successfully returned to Earth, landing off the coast of Florida yesterday evening, witnessed by a pod of dolphins.