As the U.S.’s withdrawal from the WHO becomes official, the consequences for the world’s health could be serious.

For decades, the United States has held considerable power in determining the direction of global health policies and programs. President Donald Trump issued three executive orders on his first day in office that may signal the end of that era, health ...

On his first day in office, Jan. 20, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order initiating the U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO), a decision that would formally take effect in January 2026. The WHO operates through ...

Jha is the dean of the Brown University School of Public Health and former White House Covid-19 response coordinator. The likely next secretary of state, Sen. Marco Rubio, once said of the World Health Organization: “The WHO is a corrupt, radical ...

President Donald Trump’s decision to exit the World Health Organization means the U.N. agency is losing its biggest funder. For the two-year budget ending in 2025, the U.S. is projected to be WHO’s largest single contributor by far. It is expected to ...

Trump signed an executive order last year, beginning the withdrawal process.

Soon after his inauguration as 47 th president of the United States on Jan. 20, Donald Trump signed an executive order that withdrew the U.S. from membership in the World Health Organization. The order required the assistant to the president for national ...

WASHINGTON — World Health Organization bureaucrats have finally returned an American flag that flew at its Geneva headquarters after State Department officials accused the public health body of holding the Stars and Stripes “captive.