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Goosby in the Senate Spotlight Today

For anyone interested in the fight against global AIDS, today is potentially pivotal. This afternoon, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold a confirmation hearing on Dr. Eric Goosby’s...

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Goosby's Confirmation Hearing Short & Sweet

If today’s hearing was any indication, Dr. Eric Goosby is headed for an easy confirmation to be U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator. Dr. Goobsy’s time in the hot seat, before the Senate Foreign Relations...

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Senators Prod White House on USAID Appointment

No news is definitely not good news when it comes to this sore subject: the vacancy at the helm of USAID. Reports out today indicate that lawmakers in Congress are as anxious as the rest of us about...

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With Star Witnesses, Senate Panel Shines Spotlight on U.S. Global Health...

Two global health heavyweights—Bill Clinton and Bill Gates—testified before a key Senate committee today, urging lawmakers to provide more U.S. funding to combat scourges such as HIV and tuberculosis....

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Senate Panel May Weigh In On Uganda's Anti-Gay Bill

On Thursday, a powerful Senate panel is expected to ramp up pressure on Uganda’s leaders to kill an anti-gay bill that would criminalize homosexuality and is now pending in that country’s Parliament....

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Exiting foreign affairs leaders take decades of experience as they leave Capitol

As the 112th Congress draws to a close, Science Speaks is following changes in global health leadership, today looking at outgoing global issues leaders Rep. Howard Berman, former chair, and ranking...

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New Senate Democrats get Foreign Relations Committee spots

Science Speaks is continuing to look at changes in Washington’s global health leadership in the wake of November’s election. While Sen. Dick Durbin, who played a pivotal role in PEPFAR’s creation,...

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New Leadership on the way for Senate Foreign Relations Committee while four...

With Sen. John Kerry expected to leave the Senate to serve as Secretary of State, the committee that oversees international aid will get new leadership, as well as four new Republican members. The...

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PEPFAR Act assures five more years of U.S. HIV, TB responses

Bipartisan, bicameral legislation extends U.S. Leadership Act, confirming ongoing commitments to PEPFAR and the Global Fund as well as to bilateral responses to AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Proving...

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116th Congress: Senate Foreign Relations Committee gets new Chair, three new...

The 116th Congress brings significant change to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in a new chair whose record offers few — but significant — clues to his global health leanings, to three...

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