Democracy Now! 2025-02-17 Monday

Headlines for February 17, 2025; Trump vs. Public Health: Funding Cuts Gut CDC’s Disease Detectors, Medical Research & More; Patients “Abandoned”: Trump Order to Halt Global Medical Trials “Profoundly Unethical,” Says Dr. Faden; Rebels Take 2nd Major City in Eastern DRC Amid Fight to Control Congo’s Vast Mineral Wealth; Congo, Jazz & the CIA: Oscar-Nominated “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” Revisits Lumumba Assassination

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