New Plan Scales Back C.D.C.’s Work on Diseases Abroad NYT - Top Stories By: Apoorva Mandavilli 17 June 2026 at 20:43 The State Department is taking over much of the control of global health initiatives, for which critics say the department does not have the expertise. © Eric Lee/The New York TimesDemonstrators in Washington in 2025 protest the withholding of funding from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, PEPFAR.