The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is placing nearly all direct-hire employees on leave, raising concerns about global health projects and their impact on rural American workers. Health experts warn of the potential spread of drug-resistant TB, while agricultural groups highlight the agency's support for American farmers.
"All you need is a person to get on a plane with drug resistant TB, and that's very transmissible and very difficult to treat"With the U.S. Agency for International Development putting foreign aid workers on leave, some health experts are sounding the alarm about what it could mean here at home.
Health clinics, clean drinking water and food assistance for people in poverty are some of the many global projects at USAID that will likely soon come to a halt.The agency announced on its website earlier this week that nearly all direct hires will be placed on leave starting Friday at midnight, except essential workers. President Donald Trump's administration has criticized USAID for what it calls wasteful spending.
Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa said in an X post that “USAID dollars have gone into the pockets of fat cats around the globe” with Elon Musk reposting and replying, “True.” “We’re very supportive of it, because it's a program that does support Kansas, primarily wheat farmers, but also grain sorghum farmers,” said Nick Levendofsky, executive director of the Kansas Farmers Union.
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