Funding Cuts Leave Ebola Research Network Idle During Outbreak
TL;DR
NIH-backed Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases (CREID) received about $82 million over five years but were halted in 2025 after the Trump administration cut funding amid Covid-conspiracy theories; as the Ebola outbreak in the DRC grows, researchers in the U.S. are unable to help due to the funding gap, leaving on-the-ground testing, reagents, and genomic sequencing efforts unused—despite CREID’s past role in rapid detection and outbreak response across Africa.
- These Researchers Would Be in Africa Fighting Ebola—but Trump Cut Their Funding WIRED
- Ebola spreads as concerns grow over US response The Hill
- The U.S. Is Winging This Ebola Outbreak The Atlantic
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- The struggle to contain Ebola NPR
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