My latest story: The Trump administration was barred from burning $9.7 million worth of birth control destined for women overseas. Now, aid workers fear a different approach.
Dr. Lynn Murphy-Kaulbeck shared the SOGC’s guidance, which reaffirms the safety of acetaminophen use during pregnancy in a @cnn.com article about the U.S. government suggesting Tylenol during pregnancy can be associated with a risk of autism. Read more: edition.cnn.com/2025/09/23/w... 1/2
“We’re trying to reassure women… acetaminophen in pregnancy should be used when indicated, based on science, based on studies," said Dr. Lynn Murphy-Kaulbeck, president of Canada's SOGC.
Usman’s twin boys were among more than 55,000 children receiving therapeutic food in Borno before the program was abruptly ended earlier this year, following a US funding cut, according to Mercy Corps, which operated three outpatient nutrition clinics in northeast Nigeria.
“Almost every month, we encounter stories like these,” he said.
“Because of fewer (nutrition clinic) sites in Dikwa, a lot of malnourished children are left out,” Bukar said. “The parents cannot afford (nutritious) diets, so most of the children may die at home.”
Our latest on cuts to US foreign assistance (with Nimi Princewill):
Hassan Abubakar Bukar, a nutrition counsellor in Borno, #Nigeria, told CNN that malnourished children are a painfully common sight. Deaths from undernutrition are tragically frequent edition.cnn.com/2025/09/21/a...
JUST IN: An independent United Nations inquiry has concluded for the first time that Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and that the country’s top leaders have incited genocide, in what it described as “the “most authoritative UN finding to date.” https://cnn.it/3VjaHzS
UNAIDS, the United Nations’ agency working to end AIDS, has cited examples around the world of medicine stockouts, staffing cuts at HIV/AIDS clinics, suspended community outreach services and “rising levels of stigma, discrimination and mortality rates” in the wake of the US funding cuts
My latest story: The US has suspended some funding for its flagship AIDS relief program, #PEPFAR, according to international organizations and members of Congress who warn the cuts are already hurting patients and halting critical projects globally edition.cnn.com/2025/09/13/a...
NATO has launched an initiative to reinforce the defense of Europe’s eastern flank after a Russian drone incursion into Polish airspace this week, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte announced on Friday. (with @_mcmitch) edition.cnn.com/2025/09/12/w...
Russia-Ukraine peace talks are “more on pause” than they are active, the Kremlin said Friday, in an acknowledgement that confirms what Ukraine has been warning for months – negotiations are faltering despite a push from US President Donald Trump. edition.cnn.com/2025/09/12/e...
This week, Trump followed through with doubling tariffs on India to 50%, to punish the country for importing Russian oil and helping Russia finance its war in Ukraine. But the US and Europe themselves are still doing billions of dollars in trade with Russia edition.cnn.com/2025/08/14/e...
Israel has faced global condemnation for back-to-back strikes on the biggest hospital in southern Gaza this week, which killed at least 22 people, including health workers, emergency response crews and five journalists. https://cnn.it/462x8OS
Israel has faced global condemnation for back-to-back strikes on the biggest hospital in southern Gaza this week, which killed at least 22 people, including health workers, emergency response crews and five journalists.
Exclusive: New video obtained by CNN reveals that the second “tap” in the Nasser Hospital attack was in fact two near-simultaneous strikes. These second and third strikes appear to have caused most of the deaths. edition.cnn.com/2025/08/27/m...
Great explainer from my colleague @ivanakottasova.bsky.social: “The reality is that (international law) makes it almost politically impossible to conclude a peace treaty when the victim is not winning. And my response to that is: That’s the point,” Jeremy Pizzi said. edition.cnn.com/2025/08/19/e...
The US and Europe themselves are still doing billions of dollars in trade with Russia – although that’s a fraction of the trade that took place before the war
“For the Russians, Donbas is a springboard for a future new offensive. If we leave Donbas of our own accord or under pressure, we will start a third war,” Zelensky said on Tuesday. edition.cnn.com/2025/08/12/e...
A list of the supplies, shared with CNN by a source with knowledge of the warehouse stock, shows that the contraceptives include copper IUDs, rod implants, birth control injections, and levonorgestrel & ethinyl estradiol tablets. Some have USAID branding but the majority don't, according to the list
A “preliminary decision” to destroy the USAID-procured birth control was confirmed by a State Department spokesperson, who said the cost of incinerating them would be $167,000. edition.cnn.com/2025/07/29/e...
Roughly $8 billion will be taken from congressionally approved foreign aid programs as part of the White House’s efforts to dismantle USAID. $1.1 billion comes from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which helps fund NPR and PBS
A study published Monday in The Lancet estimates that the USAID funding cuts could result in more than 14 million additional deaths by 2030. Nearly a third of those deaths – more than 4.5 million – are estimated to be among children younger than 5.
