Science and global health reporter for The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/by/apoorva-mandavilli Signal: amnyt.91
The Senate health committee on Thursday advanced the nomination of Dr. Erica Schwartz, President Trump’s pick for director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, for a full Senate vote. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/u...
Erica Schwartz, Trump’s Nominee for C.D.C. Director, Advances to Full Senate Vote (Gift Article)A vote to confirm Dr. Erica Schwartz, who has publicly supported childhood vaccines, will take place in the full Senate.www.nytimes.comThe Trump administration’s plan to stop funding the Pan American Health Organization will leave Americans more vulnerable to infectious disease threats, more than 100 U.S. leaders in health and national security warned in an open letter. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/h...
Former Officials Protest U.S. Plan to Defund Pan American Health Organization (Gift Article)The group of former health and national security officials warned that Americans will be more vulnerable to infectious disease threats.www.nytimes.comThe Trump administration’s cuts to the largest global HIV program last year resulted in sharp drops in both prevention efforts and treatment for the people most at risk from the disease. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/h...
1,700 H.I.V. Treatment Sites Closed After Trump Aid Cuts, a Study Finds (Gift Article)New research also shows that children and high-risk adult populations have been particularly affected.www.nytimes.comSeven American aid workers are being quarantined at a recently built US facility on an air base in Kenya — the first to be monitored at the site — even as the Trump administration announced a new Ebola-related travel ban this week. 🎁 🔗 www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/w...
7 Americans Sent to Disputed Kenya Ebola Site After New Trump Travel Ban (Gift Article)The aid workers were on the frontline in the fight against the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and have shown no symptoms, their employer said.www.nytimes.comDr. Erica Schwartz, nominee for CDC director, told senators in a confirmation hearing that she did not think Robert F. Kennedy Jr. or President Trump would ask her to do anything to hurt public health. Some senators were incredulous. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/h...
Trump’s Latest C.D.C. Nominee Vows Not to ‘Betray the Science’ (Gift Article)Dr. Erica Schwartz told senators in a confirmation hearing that she did not think Robert F. Kennedy Jr. or President Trump would ask her to do anything to hurt public health. Some senators were incred...www.nytimes.comQuiet little announcement on CDC website: American aid worker has tested positive for Bundibugyo Ebola. Wonder where they will take this person — presumably not Kenya. Germany again? Or will they actually bring them to the US? www.cdc.gov/media/releas...
CDC Statement on Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda: 7/10/26CDC Statement on Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda: 7/10/26www.cdc.govStunning and sobering report from my colleague Finbarr O’Reilly, showing how burial practices may be contributing to Ebola spread in the DRC 🎁 🔗 www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/w...
A Risky Burial in the Heart of an Ebola Outbreakwww.nytimes.comDoctors treating Ebola patients in the DRC say the symptoms may be milder than in previous outbreaks of the disease. That is good news for patients, but may make it harder to control the outbreak. 🎁 🔗 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/h...
Ebola Symptoms in Current Outbreak May Be Milder Than in Previous Oneswww.nytimes.comEven as the world is racing to contain the deadly Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Trump administration is moving ahead with a plan that could decimate support for programs that detect and snuff out exactly such outbreaks. 🎁 🔗 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/h...
New Plan Scales Back C.D.C.’s Work on Diseases Abroadwww.nytimes.comA cruise ship passenger who was exposed to hantavirus in early May is still being held at a quarantine facility in Nebraska, against her wishes and against the recommendation of the CDC itself. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/h...
Kennedy Orders Woman to Stay in Hantavirus Quarantine, Despite C.D.C. Recommendationwww.nytimes.comThe Trump administration is trying to restart the work of a panel that advises the government on vaccines, after a judge froze its decisions and prevented it from meeting. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/h...
Kennedy Seeks to Expedite Appeal of Ruling That Blocked His Vaccine Policieswww.nytimes.comThe Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo may have begun as early as February and may exceed 20,000 cases over the next three months, according to modeling published on Friday by the CDC. 🎁 🔗 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/u...
Ebola Cases May Top 20,000 in Three Months, C.D.C. Sayswww.nytimes.comDespite long-established procedures for bringing Americans home for monitoring and treatment, the Trump administration has not said that it will allow those at risk of Ebola back into the country. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/03/u...
An Uncertain Path for Americans Exposed to Ebolawww.nytimes.comTrump administration officials want local health authorities to set up 24/7 monitoring of the 18 passengers exposed to hantavirus for another three weeks, a requirement that far exceeds typical protocols. 🎁 🔗 www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/u...
Strict Monitoring Could Delay Homecoming of Hantavirus Ship Passengerswww.nytimes.comA 50-bed quarantine unit in Kenya to house Americans exposed to Ebola will be operational on Friday, but it is unclear where the administration plans to send those who test positive or become ill. 🎁 🔗 www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/u...
Quarantine Unit for Americans Exposed to Ebola to Open in Kenya Fridaywww.nytimes.comBreaking: The Trump administration plans to send U.S. citizens exposed to the Ebola virus to Kenya rather than bring them home for observation and treatment. 🎁 🔗 www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/u...
Trump Administration to Send Americans Exposed to Ebola to Kenyawww.nytimes.comThe Trump administration on Friday said that it would block entry into the country for some legal permanent residents who had been in the DRC, Uganda or South Sudan, citing a limited ability to monitor people who may have been exposed to Ebola. 🎁 🔗 : www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/u...
U.S. to Block Entry to More Noncitizens Who May Have Been Exposed to Ebolawww.nytimes.comTrump administration officials, who opposed Covid-era restrictions, have taken a more aggressive approach to locking down potentially exposed people than in past outbreaks. 🎁 article: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/u...
Health Experts ‘Stunned’ by Trump Officials’ Strict Quarantine Measureswww.nytimes.comIcymi: WHO declared last night that the Ebola outbreak in the DRC and Uganda constitutes a public health emergency of international concern 🎁 link: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/17/w...
W.H.O. Declares Ebola Outbreak a Global Health Emergencywww.nytimes.com