“Ooh, that’s a big one,” Donald Trump said Monday as he signed an executive order – one of dozens during his first hours as president – to withdraw the United States from the World ...

President Trump’s executive order for the U.S. to withdraw from the World Health Organization could greatly impact the nation’s ability to track and respond to global disease threats.

Health Policy News reported in February that the US owes $260 million in dues for 2024–2025, which is expected to go unpaid. In an initial budget proposal for 2026–2027, WHO sought $5.3 ...

A worker arranges UN’s World Health Organization (WHO) humanitarian aid in a UAE plane headed to Egypt’s El-Arish airport on January 24, 2025 at an airport in Dubai, as part of a humanitarian ...

This past Monday, President Trump signed an executive order banning “dangerous gain-of-function biological research in the United States and around the world.” With this directive, Trum… ...

President Donald Trump signs an executive order withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan ...

President Donald Trump’s decision to end U.S. membership in the World Health Organization revives a five-year-old grudge with the WHO’s leader.. Trump has long charged that WHO Director ...

A World Health Organization sign is seen at the entrance to the organization’s headquarters in Geneva. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images) On the first day of his second administration, President ...

In a statement Tuesday, the organization said it regretted the US decision, noting that it had, “over the past 7 years ...