Elon Musk 's claim that a government Ebola initiative was quickly restored after being accidentally canceled is being questioned by a former United States Agency for International Development (USAID) official. Newsweek has contacted X, via email, for comment on behalf of Musk. It has also contacted DOGE, via direct message on X.

USAID leads the government's efforts to combat the spread of infectious diseases before they land on American soil. Some experts claim Musk broke it.

Donald Trump’s top campaign donor said DOGE accidentally cut off Ebola prevention funds but quickly reversed course. Reporting suggests otherwise.

USAID’s initiatives to fight Ebola and other diseases have been gutted, current and former agency officials said.

Elon Musk said DOGE will make mistakes. He said an example is how the team briefly cut USAID funding for Ebola prevention.

During Donald Trump’s cabinet meeting, Elon Musk casually admitted that DOGE “accidentally” temporarily canceled Ebola prevention and suggested that similar mistakes will occur again. It’s true that mistakes happen,

Elon Musk admitted to President Trump's cabinet members that it was a "mistake" for the DOGE to have canceled the USAID's Ebola prevention initiative, and he said the program immediately "restored," but some current and former officials deny his "restoration" claim.

THURSDAY, Feb. 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Hours after billionaire Elon Musk told the president's Cabinet that the U.S. had quickly restored canceled aid to fight Ebola in Uganda, the Trump administration officially ended at least four of five U.S.-funded Ebola contracts in the country.

In the interview, Musk and Rogan touched on a number of hot topics, including DOGE, AI, and Musk's alleged Nazi salute.

Don Beyer of Virginia wasted no time taking aim at Musk for his chuckling comment about an often fatal virus that has devastating effects on the communities that experience an outbreak. “An average person who did something as incompetent as ‘accidentally cancelling Ebola prevention’ wouldn’t be applauded,

Tech billionaire Elon Musk has revealed the US government accidentally cut Ebola virus prevention efforts. Musk told a US Cabinet meeting that the Department of Government Efficiency had made mistakes as it cut jobs and programmes in recent weeks.