Trump Decimated Our Global Health Network. Then Ebola Hit.
A new Ebola outbreak in Central Africa has raised concerns among global health authorities. The Trump administration has implemented travel bans from affected countries, contrasting with the previous Obama administration's approach. The withdrawal of American assistance, particularly from USAID, has also been noted as a significant difference in the response to the outbreak.
- ▪The current Ebola outbreak is already the third-worst ever recorded.
- ▪Trump's administration announced a ban on non-American travelers from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, and South Sudan.
- ▪Unlike the Obama administration, which coordinated a comprehensive response, USAID is not part of the current American effort.
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The BreakdownTrump Decimated Our Global Health Network. Then Ebola Hit.Scientists and officials don’t think it’ll become a pandemic. Here’s why they’re worried anyway.Jonathan CohnMay 20, 2026∙ Paid1ShareA health worker monitors visitors arriving at the Rodolphe Mérieux Laboratory, National Biomedical Research Institute in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on May 19, 2026. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP via Getty Images)AN OUTBREAK OF EBOLA in Africa. Global health authorities scrambling to catch up. And Donald Trump pushing for aggressive travel restrictions at the border.That’s how things unfolded in 2014, during the historic West African epidemic that eventually killed more than 11,000 people.
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