Tag: United States Agency for International Development

Cyclospora in the USA: why is it so hard to stop?

Volume 407, Issue 10553
01 August 2026
WORLD REPORT  The epidemiological challenges of the parasite have been compounded by recent cutbacks at US health agencies. Susan Jaffe reports from Washington DC. 

“Make America Healthy Again” is more than a slogan for Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, who has pledged to make Americans’ food supply safe and improve their nutrition. However, the recordbreaking outbreaks of cyclosporiasis across the USA are proving how difficult it is to keep those promises, especially after the agencies responsible for protecting health have been depleted by staff reductions and funding cuts. [Continued here.]

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Trump agenda ignites legal challenges

Volume 405, Issue 10477
8 February 2025 
WORLD REPORT  After just 3 weeks in the White House, US President Donald Trump’s executive orders have caused chaos and concern—and now, resistance. Susan Jaffe reports from Washington, DC.

“There’s nothing unusual about an executive order”, said Professor Emeritus Laurence Tribe, an expert in constitutional law at Harvard Law School. “What is unusual is for the President of the United States to say, ‘I can do anything I want, as long as I package it in an executive order. I can exercise not only the power to enforce the laws, which is basically what the executive branch does, but also the power to ignore law.’ ”  Lawsuits have been filed to block executive orders affecting federal funding, workforce protections, closing the US Agency for International Development, and information on government websites including the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.[Full article here, includes links to updates on legal actions and executive orders.]

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