The Trump administration has officially ended at least four of five United States-funded Ebola contracts in Uganda.

Dr. Herbert Luswata, president of the Uganda Medical Association, said that the Ebola response had been badly hampered by the absence of U.S. support and that Uganda’s health system was notably less prepared and responsive than it had been during the last Ebola outbreak, in 2022.

The sticker-shock warning came amid the unveiling of a new plan by the Trump administration to alleviate egg prices, which included investing another $1 billion in helping American farms tighten up biosecurity to keep the avian flu out of their broods and outsourcing up to 100 million eggs from other countries to feed the American market.

On Tuesday, three different judges rejected three core Trump policies in the span of 90 minutes. Judge Loren AliKhan issued a preliminary injunction that stops the Trump administration from freezing federal grants and loans indefinitely, saying that Trump’s freeze was “irrational, imprudent, and precipitated a nationwide crisis.”

In a Cabinet meeting, Elon Musk defended the actions his team has made to cut government jobs, but public health experts say Musk is wrong. USAID's Ebola prevention efforts have been largely frozen since the agency was mostly shuttered last month.

Elon Musk said DOGE will make mistakes. He said an example is how the team briefly cut USAID funding for Ebola prevention.

What does USAID do to prevent the spread of Ebola and other highly infectious and dangerous diseases overseas? So you’ve got two big chunks to that. One is preparedness. You wan

USAID’s initiatives to fight Ebola and other diseases have been gutted, current and former agency officials said.

Elon Musk admitted that DOGE “accidentally” canceled Ebola prevention funding during an outbreak in Uganda. The video of his admission quickly went viral.

U.S. Cancels Ebola Aid in Uganda Despite Elon Musk’s Claims FRIDAY, Feb. 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Hours after billionaire Elon Musk told the president's Cabinet that the U.S. had quickly ...