Public health experts say the United States’ departure could cripple the WHO’s operations or leave an opening for China to assume greater control over the agency.
President Donald Trump has used one of the flurry of executive actions that he issued on his first day back in the White House to begin the process of withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organi
Public health experts say U.S. withdrawal from the W.H.O. would undermine the nation’s standing as a global health leader and make it harder to fight the next pandemic.
As of President Donald Trump’s first day back in office Monday, the United States is leaving the World Health Organization. Some local experts think such a move might leave Spokane and the United States unprepared for the next pandemic.
President Donald Trump’s decision to exit the World Health Organization means the U.N. agency is losing its biggest funder.
The ending of the commitment to the World Health Organization by the United States poses as an existential threat to the well-being of the international working class.
WHO, the United Nations health agency that helps protect the health and security of the world ... event in Washington, DC, on Monday. - Matt Rourke/AP Trump first tried to exit WHO during his first term in 2020, accusing the organization of “severely ...
The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic most likely originated from a laboratory.
The Trump administration reversed its policy to freeze grants and loans while officials evaluated whether spending met the president's priorities.
Experts have also cautioned that withdrawing from the organization could weaken the world’s defenses against dangerous new outbreaks.
As part of his blitz of executive orders, President Trump delivered on a promise to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization. The Trump White House accuses the WHO of mishandling the COVID-19 pandemic and bias toward China.
One of President Trump’s first executive orders removes the U.S. from the global health organization, which experts say is “cataclysmic.”