# Insight: How Trump's America First policy hit the Ebola response in Congo

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- Reuters, 2026-10-06 09:10 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/how-trumps-america-first-policy-hit-ebola-response-congo-2026-10-06/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6ac4baeca05e110001aa7717

> When US doctor Patrick LaRochelle realized in May that he had been exposed to Ebola in a mining town in the Democratic Republic of Congo, he expected to be urgently flown home for treatment.