President Donald Trump last week issued an executive order to begin the process of withdrawing the U.S. from WHO, but that did not take immediate effect.

The White House has directed the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to cease all collaboration with the World Health Organization.

The directive to the CDC to halt communications with the World Health Organization was imposed to comply with President Trump's executive order.

More than 700 people have been killed and 2,800 injured in just five days since fighting escalated in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between January 26-30, UN Secretary-General spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told reporters Friday.

US public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health Organization, effective immediately.

The World Health Organization has urged the United State to reconsider its withdrawal from the global health agency. It comes a day after President Donald Trump signed an executive order pulling ...

Within the first hours of his presidency, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that would begin the process of removing the U.S. from the World Health Organization. The decision sparked concern from health experts with many questioning why the ...

U.S. public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health Organization, effective immediately.

Staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been told to halt all communication with the World Health Organization.

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.

As part of a rash of executive orders completed on his first day back in the White House, President Donald Trump began the nation’s exit from the World Health Organization. Here, we explain how the withdrawal would work and what it would mean,

WHO plays a unique role in global health, which may complicate the Trump administration's ability to replicate the agency's activities.