NIH Lifts Ban on Research in South Africa 19/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The United States (US) National Institutes of Health (NIH) has lifted its ban on funding research projects in South Africa, according to a report by the journal, Science. The journal quotes an internal NIH memo sent to staff on Wednesday by director Dr Jay Bhattacharya, which says the NIH is exempt from an executive order […] Continue reading -> Political Declaration on Pandemics is Modified Ahead of UN Meeting 19/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The Political Declaration to be adopted at the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response (PPPR) on 25 September has been modified since being placed under the “silence procedure” in late July. This is according to those following the process. Most changes are relatively minor, bar the removal of reference to tuberculosis […] Continue reading -> US Assumes Control Over Global Anti-Abortion Geneva Consensus Declaration, Affirms Religious Groups 17/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The United States has assumed the secretariat of the Geneva Consensus Declaration (GCD), a global anti-abortion initiative launched by Donald Trump’s administration weeks before he was voted out of office in 2020. Hungary took over the secretariat after Trump was voted out, but the US rejoined the initiative in January 2025, a week after Trump […] Continue reading -> As El Niño Bears Down, a Small Hospital in Chad Offers Lessons in Climate Resilience 13/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Situated on the edge of the advancing Sahara Desert, Ngouri in western Chad is one of the most vulnerable places in the world to climate change. Heat is already rising in the region as the El Niño advances globally, with hotter sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean driving up land temperatures and triggering […] Continue reading -> WHO Officials Condemn Trump’s Vaccination Changes 12/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Top World Health Organization (WHO) officials are concerned that the United States President Donald Trump’s move to alter his country’s childhood vaccinations via an executive order will endanger children. “WHO is concerned that the changes to immunisation policy in the US are not aligned with the best science,” Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a […] Continue reading -> With Over 2000 Dead, Priority is to ‘Break the Chains’ of Ebola Transmission 12/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Over 2000 people have died so far in the Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and the only way to break the chains of transmission is via scaled-up local surveillance, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). “Most concerningly, we see a high proportion of deaths in communities instead of treatment […] Continue reading -> ‘This is so Wrong’: Experts Condemn Trump’s Vaccination Order 11/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Health experts have condemned United States President Donald Trump’s latest move to direct childhood vaccinations via a decree rather than a scientific process. Trump signed an executive order on childhood vaccinations on Monday, which he claims will align the US with the “best practices from peer, developed countries”. The order recommends fewer vaccinations, one vaccination […] Continue reading -> White House Attempt to Control Science Grants is Blocked – For Now 10/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The plan by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to subject all United States research grants to political oversight has been halted by the US Senate – at least for now. A clause preventing the OMB from introducing any new rules was included in the non-partisan temporary spending Bill passed by the […] Continue reading -> Alarming Ebola Spread Raises Question of Viral Mutation 07/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Over 4,000 Ebola Bundibugyo cases and 1,800 deaths have been recorded so far in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – numbers so alarming that health experts intend to research whether the virus is mutating to become more infectious. This was revealed by Dr Jean Kaseya, the Director General of Africa Centres for Disease Control […] Continue reading -> EXCLUSIVE: Here is the ‘Final Text’ of UN Political Declaration on Pandemics – Although its Adoption is Far From Guaranteed 06/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan United Nations member states are almost certain to break the silence on the final draft of the Political Declaration on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response (PPPR) that was sent to them recently– but likely for all the wrong reasons. Armenia and Rwanda, the co-facilitators of the declaration negotiations, put the “final” text of the declaration […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
Political Declaration on Pandemics is Modified Ahead of UN Meeting 19/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The Political Declaration to be adopted at the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response (PPPR) on 25 September has been modified since being placed under the “silence procedure” in late July. This is according to those following the process. Most changes are relatively minor, bar the removal of reference to tuberculosis […] Continue reading -> US Assumes Control Over Global Anti-Abortion Geneva Consensus Declaration, Affirms Religious Groups 17/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The United States has assumed the secretariat of the Geneva Consensus Declaration (GCD), a global anti-abortion initiative launched by Donald Trump’s administration weeks before he was voted out of office in 2020. Hungary took over the secretariat after Trump was voted out, but the US rejoined the initiative in January 2025, a week after Trump […] Continue reading -> As El Niño Bears Down, a Small Hospital in Chad Offers Lessons in Climate Resilience 13/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Situated on the edge of the advancing Sahara Desert, Ngouri in western Chad is one of the most vulnerable places in the world to climate change. Heat is already rising in the region as the El Niño advances globally, with hotter sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean driving up land temperatures and triggering […] Continue reading -> WHO Officials Condemn Trump’s Vaccination Changes 12/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Top World Health Organization (WHO) officials are concerned that the United States President Donald Trump’s move to alter his country’s childhood vaccinations via an executive order will endanger children. “WHO is concerned that the changes to immunisation policy in the US are not aligned with the best science,” Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a […] Continue reading -> With Over 2000 Dead, Priority is to ‘Break the Chains’ of Ebola Transmission 12/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Over 2000 people have died so far in the Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and the only way to break the chains of transmission is via scaled-up local surveillance, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). “Most concerningly, we see a high proportion of deaths in communities instead of treatment […] Continue reading -> ‘This is so Wrong’: Experts Condemn Trump’s Vaccination Order 11/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Health experts have condemned United States President Donald Trump’s latest move to direct childhood vaccinations via a decree rather than a scientific process. Trump signed an executive order on childhood vaccinations on Monday, which he claims will align the US with the “best practices from peer, developed countries”. The order recommends fewer vaccinations, one vaccination […] Continue reading -> White House Attempt to Control Science Grants is Blocked – For Now 10/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The plan by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to subject all United States research grants to political oversight has been halted by the US Senate – at least for now. A clause preventing the OMB from introducing any new rules was included in the non-partisan temporary spending Bill passed by the […] Continue reading -> Alarming Ebola Spread Raises Question of Viral Mutation 07/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Over 4,000 Ebola Bundibugyo cases and 1,800 deaths have been recorded so far in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – numbers so alarming that health experts intend to research whether the virus is mutating to become more infectious. This was revealed by Dr Jean Kaseya, the Director General of Africa Centres for Disease Control […] Continue reading -> EXCLUSIVE: Here is the ‘Final Text’ of UN Political Declaration on Pandemics – Although its Adoption is Far From Guaranteed 06/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan United Nations member states are almost certain to break the silence on the final draft of the Political Declaration on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response (PPPR) that was sent to them recently– but likely for all the wrong reasons. Armenia and Rwanda, the co-facilitators of the declaration negotiations, put the “final” text of the declaration […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
US Assumes Control Over Global Anti-Abortion Geneva Consensus Declaration, Affirms Religious Groups 17/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The United States has assumed the secretariat of the Geneva Consensus Declaration (GCD), a global anti-abortion initiative launched by Donald Trump’s administration weeks before he was voted out of office in 2020. Hungary took over the secretariat after Trump was voted out, but the US rejoined the initiative in January 2025, a week after Trump […] Continue reading -> As El Niño Bears Down, a Small Hospital in Chad Offers Lessons in Climate Resilience 13/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Situated on the edge of the advancing Sahara Desert, Ngouri in western Chad is one of the most vulnerable places in the world to climate change. Heat is already rising in the region as the El Niño advances globally, with hotter sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean driving up land temperatures and triggering […] Continue reading -> WHO Officials Condemn Trump’s Vaccination Changes 12/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Top World Health Organization (WHO) officials are concerned that the United States President Donald Trump’s move to alter his country’s childhood vaccinations via an executive order will endanger children. “WHO is concerned that the changes to immunisation policy in the US are not aligned with the best science,” Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a […] Continue reading -> With Over 2000 Dead, Priority is to ‘Break the Chains’ of Ebola Transmission 12/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Over 2000 people have died so far in the Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and the only way to break the chains of transmission is via scaled-up local surveillance, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). “Most concerningly, we see a high proportion of deaths in communities instead of treatment […] Continue reading -> ‘This is so Wrong’: Experts Condemn Trump’s Vaccination Order 11/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Health experts have condemned United States President Donald Trump’s latest move to direct childhood vaccinations via a decree rather than a scientific process. Trump signed an executive order on childhood vaccinations on Monday, which he claims will align the US with the “best practices from peer, developed countries”. The order recommends fewer vaccinations, one vaccination […] Continue reading -> White House Attempt to Control Science Grants is Blocked – For Now 10/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The plan by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to subject all United States research grants to political oversight has been halted by the US Senate – at least for now. A clause preventing the OMB from introducing any new rules was included in the non-partisan temporary spending Bill passed by the […] Continue reading -> Alarming Ebola Spread Raises Question of Viral Mutation 07/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Over 4,000 Ebola Bundibugyo cases and 1,800 deaths have been recorded so far in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – numbers so alarming that health experts intend to research whether the virus is mutating to become more infectious. This was revealed by Dr Jean Kaseya, the Director General of Africa Centres for Disease Control […] Continue reading -> EXCLUSIVE: Here is the ‘Final Text’ of UN Political Declaration on Pandemics – Although its Adoption is Far From Guaranteed 06/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan United Nations member states are almost certain to break the silence on the final draft of the Political Declaration on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response (PPPR) that was sent to them recently– but likely for all the wrong reasons. Armenia and Rwanda, the co-facilitators of the declaration negotiations, put the “final” text of the declaration […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
As El Niño Bears Down, a Small Hospital in Chad Offers Lessons in Climate Resilience 13/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Situated on the edge of the advancing Sahara Desert, Ngouri in western Chad is one of the most vulnerable places in the world to climate change. Heat is already rising in the region as the El Niño advances globally, with hotter sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean driving up land temperatures and triggering […] Continue reading -> WHO Officials Condemn Trump’s Vaccination Changes 12/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Top World Health Organization (WHO) officials are concerned that the United States President Donald Trump’s move to alter his country’s childhood vaccinations via an executive order will endanger children. “WHO is concerned that the changes to immunisation policy in the US are not aligned with the best science,” Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a […] Continue reading -> With Over 2000 Dead, Priority is to ‘Break the Chains’ of Ebola Transmission 12/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Over 2000 people have died so far in the Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and the only way to break the chains of transmission is via scaled-up local surveillance, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). “Most concerningly, we see a high proportion of deaths in communities instead of treatment […] Continue reading -> ‘This is so Wrong’: Experts Condemn Trump’s Vaccination Order 11/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Health experts have condemned United States President Donald Trump’s latest move to direct childhood vaccinations via a decree rather than a scientific process. Trump signed an executive order on childhood vaccinations on Monday, which he claims will align the US with the “best practices from peer, developed countries”. The order recommends fewer vaccinations, one vaccination […] Continue reading -> White House Attempt to Control Science Grants is Blocked – For Now 10/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The plan by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to subject all United States research grants to political oversight has been halted by the US Senate – at least for now. A clause preventing the OMB from introducing any new rules was included in the non-partisan temporary spending Bill passed by the […] Continue reading -> Alarming Ebola Spread Raises Question of Viral Mutation 07/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Over 4,000 Ebola Bundibugyo cases and 1,800 deaths have been recorded so far in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – numbers so alarming that health experts intend to research whether the virus is mutating to become more infectious. This was revealed by Dr Jean Kaseya, the Director General of Africa Centres for Disease Control […] Continue reading -> EXCLUSIVE: Here is the ‘Final Text’ of UN Political Declaration on Pandemics – Although its Adoption is Far From Guaranteed 06/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan United Nations member states are almost certain to break the silence on the final draft of the Political Declaration on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response (PPPR) that was sent to them recently– but likely for all the wrong reasons. Armenia and Rwanda, the co-facilitators of the declaration negotiations, put the “final” text of the declaration […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
WHO Officials Condemn Trump’s Vaccination Changes 12/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Top World Health Organization (WHO) officials are concerned that the United States President Donald Trump’s move to alter his country’s childhood vaccinations via an executive order will endanger children. “WHO is concerned that the changes to immunisation policy in the US are not aligned with the best science,” Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a […] Continue reading -> With Over 2000 Dead, Priority is to ‘Break the Chains’ of Ebola Transmission 12/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Over 2000 people have died so far in the Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and the only way to break the chains of transmission is via scaled-up local surveillance, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). “Most concerningly, we see a high proportion of deaths in communities instead of treatment […] Continue reading -> ‘This is so Wrong’: Experts Condemn Trump’s Vaccination Order 11/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Health experts have condemned United States President Donald Trump’s latest move to direct childhood vaccinations via a decree rather than a scientific process. Trump signed an executive order on childhood vaccinations on Monday, which he claims will align the US with the “best practices from peer, developed countries”. The order recommends fewer vaccinations, one vaccination […] Continue reading -> White House Attempt to Control Science Grants is Blocked – For Now 10/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The plan by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to subject all United States research grants to political oversight has been halted by the US Senate – at least for now. A clause preventing the OMB from introducing any new rules was included in the non-partisan temporary spending Bill passed by the […] Continue reading -> Alarming Ebola Spread Raises Question of Viral Mutation 07/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Over 4,000 Ebola Bundibugyo cases and 1,800 deaths have been recorded so far in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – numbers so alarming that health experts intend to research whether the virus is mutating to become more infectious. This was revealed by Dr Jean Kaseya, the Director General of Africa Centres for Disease Control […] Continue reading -> EXCLUSIVE: Here is the ‘Final Text’ of UN Political Declaration on Pandemics – Although its Adoption is Far From Guaranteed 06/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan United Nations member states are almost certain to break the silence on the final draft of the Political Declaration on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response (PPPR) that was sent to them recently– but likely for all the wrong reasons. Armenia and Rwanda, the co-facilitators of the declaration negotiations, put the “final” text of the declaration […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
With Over 2000 Dead, Priority is to ‘Break the Chains’ of Ebola Transmission 12/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Over 2000 people have died so far in the Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and the only way to break the chains of transmission is via scaled-up local surveillance, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). “Most concerningly, we see a high proportion of deaths in communities instead of treatment […] Continue reading -> ‘This is so Wrong’: Experts Condemn Trump’s Vaccination Order 11/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Health experts have condemned United States President Donald Trump’s latest move to direct childhood vaccinations via a decree rather than a scientific process. Trump signed an executive order on childhood vaccinations on Monday, which he claims will align the US with the “best practices from peer, developed countries”. The order recommends fewer vaccinations, one vaccination […] Continue reading -> White House Attempt to Control Science Grants is Blocked – For Now 10/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The plan by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to subject all United States research grants to political oversight has been halted by the US Senate – at least for now. A clause preventing the OMB from introducing any new rules was included in the non-partisan temporary spending Bill passed by the […] Continue reading -> Alarming Ebola Spread Raises Question of Viral Mutation 07/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Over 4,000 Ebola Bundibugyo cases and 1,800 deaths have been recorded so far in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – numbers so alarming that health experts intend to research whether the virus is mutating to become more infectious. This was revealed by Dr Jean Kaseya, the Director General of Africa Centres for Disease Control […] Continue reading -> EXCLUSIVE: Here is the ‘Final Text’ of UN Political Declaration on Pandemics – Although its Adoption is Far From Guaranteed 06/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan United Nations member states are almost certain to break the silence on the final draft of the Political Declaration on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response (PPPR) that was sent to them recently– but likely for all the wrong reasons. Armenia and Rwanda, the co-facilitators of the declaration negotiations, put the “final” text of the declaration […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
‘This is so Wrong’: Experts Condemn Trump’s Vaccination Order 11/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Health experts have condemned United States President Donald Trump’s latest move to direct childhood vaccinations via a decree rather than a scientific process. Trump signed an executive order on childhood vaccinations on Monday, which he claims will align the US with the “best practices from peer, developed countries”. The order recommends fewer vaccinations, one vaccination […] Continue reading -> White House Attempt to Control Science Grants is Blocked – For Now 10/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The plan by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to subject all United States research grants to political oversight has been halted by the US Senate – at least for now. A clause preventing the OMB from introducing any new rules was included in the non-partisan temporary spending Bill passed by the […] Continue reading -> Alarming Ebola Spread Raises Question of Viral Mutation 07/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Over 4,000 Ebola Bundibugyo cases and 1,800 deaths have been recorded so far in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – numbers so alarming that health experts intend to research whether the virus is mutating to become more infectious. This was revealed by Dr Jean Kaseya, the Director General of Africa Centres for Disease Control […] Continue reading -> EXCLUSIVE: Here is the ‘Final Text’ of UN Political Declaration on Pandemics – Although its Adoption is Far From Guaranteed 06/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan United Nations member states are almost certain to break the silence on the final draft of the Political Declaration on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response (PPPR) that was sent to them recently– but likely for all the wrong reasons. Armenia and Rwanda, the co-facilitators of the declaration negotiations, put the “final” text of the declaration […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
White House Attempt to Control Science Grants is Blocked – For Now 10/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The plan by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to subject all United States research grants to political oversight has been halted by the US Senate – at least for now. A clause preventing the OMB from introducing any new rules was included in the non-partisan temporary spending Bill passed by the […] Continue reading -> Alarming Ebola Spread Raises Question of Viral Mutation 07/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Over 4,000 Ebola Bundibugyo cases and 1,800 deaths have been recorded so far in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – numbers so alarming that health experts intend to research whether the virus is mutating to become more infectious. This was revealed by Dr Jean Kaseya, the Director General of Africa Centres for Disease Control […] Continue reading -> EXCLUSIVE: Here is the ‘Final Text’ of UN Political Declaration on Pandemics – Although its Adoption is Far From Guaranteed 06/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan United Nations member states are almost certain to break the silence on the final draft of the Political Declaration on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response (PPPR) that was sent to them recently– but likely for all the wrong reasons. Armenia and Rwanda, the co-facilitators of the declaration negotiations, put the “final” text of the declaration […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
Alarming Ebola Spread Raises Question of Viral Mutation 07/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Over 4,000 Ebola Bundibugyo cases and 1,800 deaths have been recorded so far in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – numbers so alarming that health experts intend to research whether the virus is mutating to become more infectious. This was revealed by Dr Jean Kaseya, the Director General of Africa Centres for Disease Control […] Continue reading -> EXCLUSIVE: Here is the ‘Final Text’ of UN Political Declaration on Pandemics – Although its Adoption is Far From Guaranteed 06/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan United Nations member states are almost certain to break the silence on the final draft of the Political Declaration on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response (PPPR) that was sent to them recently– but likely for all the wrong reasons. Armenia and Rwanda, the co-facilitators of the declaration negotiations, put the “final” text of the declaration […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
EXCLUSIVE: Here is the ‘Final Text’ of UN Political Declaration on Pandemics – Although its Adoption is Far From Guaranteed 06/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan United Nations member states are almost certain to break the silence on the final draft of the Political Declaration on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response (PPPR) that was sent to them recently– but likely for all the wrong reasons. Armenia and Rwanda, the co-facilitators of the declaration negotiations, put the “final” text of the declaration […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts