The US contributes around a fifth of the budget for the World Health Organization – its withdrawal from the public health body will impede efforts to control the global spread of diseases and could pu

President Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of the World Health Organization via executive order Monday evening to the shock of some.

The Geneva-based WHO plays a pivotal role in battling global health threats, focusing on infectious diseases as well as humanitarian crises and chronic

As he signed an executive order, President Donald Trump said that the World Health Organization had "ripped us off."

As one of the first actions of his second term, Trump signed an executive order detailing how the WHO withdrawal process might begin.

Newly-inaugurated President Donald Trump signed an executive order calling for the U.S. to withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO). In 2020, Trump started the ball rolling toward extricating the U.S. from the United Nations agency, but President Joe Biden reversed course after taking office in 2021.

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.

President Donald Trump announced Monday he is withdrawing the US from the World Health Organization, a significant move on his first day back in the White House cutting ties with the United Nations’ public health agency and drawing criticism from public health experts.

The majority of those backing the US staying in the WHO are Democrats. Among the Democrats surveyed, 77% are in favor of remaining in the international body, with only 9% opposing it. In contrast, the Republicans have a different stance, with 58% supporting Trump’s decision and 28% opposing it.

Donald Trump signed orders dealing with the border, criminal justice and the Biden administration. In many cases, he assigned work to the attorney general.

President Donald Trump set a record on his first day back in office by issuing 26 executive orders, aiming to fulfill many of his campaign promises.