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Bipartisan senators press Trump admin on funding vaccines for poor countries

The Hill · May 5, 2026, 4:57 PM · Also reported by 3 other sources

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Bipartisan senate appropriators are urging the State Department to restore $600 million the Trump administration is withholding from Gavi, an international humanitarian group that distributes vaccines to developing countries. In a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio led by Sens. Susan Collins (

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Bipartisan senators press Trump admin on funding vaccines for poor countries

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