19 h. ago RFK Jr. singled out one study to cut funds for global vaccines. Is that study valid?

When RFK Jr. announced he would cut funds from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, he cited "vaccine safety," referring to a 2017 study from Guinea-Bissau. We asked vaccine researchers to assess the study.

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5 d. ago U.S. is pulling funding from Gavi, global group that has paid for more than a billion kids to get vaccinated

U.S. is pulling funding from Gavi, global group that has paid for more than a billion kids to get vaccinated  PBS

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6 d. ago RFK Jr. says U.S. will stop funding global vaccine alliance Gavi

RFK Jr. says U.S. will stop funding global vaccine alliance Gavi  The Washington Post

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6 d. ago RFK Jr. says U.S. will stop funding global vaccine group over 'vaccine safety' issues

The secretary of health and human services said that funding will be curtailed until Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, takes into account the science of vaccine safety in its campaigns.

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6 d. ago US to stop funding global vaccine alliance Gavi, health secretary says

US to stop funding global vaccine alliance Gavi, health secretary says  Al Jazeera

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7 d. ago India’s GoKwik raised a small $13M round for a hefty leap in valuation

GoKwik, an Indian startup that offers a suite of integrated e-commerce products, has raised a small round of $13 million, which it calls a “growth” round, that has boosted its valuation to $450 million pre-money. While the new funding round, led by RTP Global, is 63% smaller than its Series B of $35 million, announced […]

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2 w. ago Prominent global VC Endeavor Catalyst is raising $300M, sources say

Endeavor Catalyst, the co-investment fund affiliated with global entrepreneurial network Endeavor Global, is raising a new $300 million fund, its fifth and largest fund yet, as it looks to deepen its bet on high-growth startups across Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia, TechCrunch has learned. The new fund, according to sources, is […]

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3 w. ago Cursor’s Anysphere nabs $9.9B valuation, soars past $500M ARR

Anysphere, the maker of AI coding assistant Cursor, has raised $900 million at a $9.9 billion valuation, Bloomberg reported. The round was led by a returning investor Thrive Capital, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Accel and DST Global. The massive round is Anysphere’s third fundraise in less than a year. The three-year-old startup secured its […]

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3 w. ago Trump Budget Eliminates Funding for Crucial Global Vaccination Programs

The spending proposal terminates support of health programs that, according to the proposal, “do not make Americans safer.”

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4 w. ago News | Alaska’s sovereign wealth fund explores significant global real estate sales

News | Alaska’s sovereign wealth fund explores significant global real estate sales  CoStar

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