The contracts financed Ebola screening at airports and protective equipment for health workers, and helped prevent transmission by survivors of the disease, according to a former U.S.A.I.D. official.

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

Elon Musk admitted to President Trump's cabinet members that it was a "mistake" for the DOGE to have canceled the USAID's Ebola prevention initiative, and he said the program immediately "restored," but some current and former officials deny his "restoration" claim.

Elon Musk admits DOGE "accidentally" cut Ebola prevention program, sparking criticism over U.S. global health response. Details on cuts and fallout.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk has revealed the US government accidentally cut Ebola virus prevention efforts. Musk told a US Cabinet meeting that the Department of Government Efficiency had made mistakes as it cut jobs and programmes in recent weeks.

Don Beyer of Virginia wasted no time taking aim at Musk for his chuckling comment about an often fatal virus that has devastating effects on the communities that experience an outbreak. “An average person who did something as incompetent as ‘accidentally cancelling Ebola prevention’ wouldn’t be applauded,

Elon Musk said the DOGE operation accidentally cut off Ebola prevention funds but quickly reversed course. There's ample evidence to the contrary.

Far-right billionaire Elon Musk revealed that his so-called Department of Government efficiency "accidentally" cut Ebola virus prevention efforts.