President Donald Trump’s decision to exit the World Health Organization means the U.N. agency is losing its biggest funder.
More than half of Americans believe the U.S. benefits from its membership in the WHO. As of April 2024, 25% of U.S. adults say the country benefits a great deal from its membership, while about one third say it benefits a fair amount. Conversely, 38% say the U.S. does not benefit much or at all from WHO membership.
The World Health Organization is shaped by its members: 194 countries that set health priorities and make agreements about how to share critical data, treatments, and vaccines during international emergencies.
In a day-one executive order, President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from the World Health Organization for a second time.
World Health Organization chief says agency already cutting back on hiring and travel with Trump withdrawal set to hit funding.
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
The U.S. has traditionally been the most generous benefactor of the WHO. A Trump executive order to cut ties with the WHO could pose a threat to global public health.
NEW YORK — President Donald Trump is pulling the U.S. out of the World Health Organization for a second time, the White House announced late Monday. The day-one executive order fulfills Trump ...
A surge in the flow of aid into the Gaza Strip since the truce between Israel and Hamas took effect on Jan. 19 is likely to ease the acute food emergency afflicting people in the war-ravaged territory,
United States will be losing access to the WHO database of changing influenza strains resulting in less effective flu vaccination strategies.
A new case of Mpox has been confirmed in the UK, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said. The latest case of Clade Ib Mpox is the eighth confirmed UK case since October 2024 after a seventh patient was confirmed to have Mpox earlier this week (January 27).