The United States will leave the World Health Organization, President Donald Trump said on Monday, saying the global health agency had mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic and other international health crises.

President Trump’s decision to pull out of the international health agency could deprive the United States of crucial scientific data and lessen the country’s influence in setting a global health agenda.

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,

One of President Trump’s first executive orders removes the U.S. from the global health organization, which experts say is “cataclysmic.”

Without funding and participation from the U.S., WHO might struggle to contain disease outbreaks or develop vaccines.

President Donald Trump used one of the 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 Organization for the second time in less than five years.

"The bottom line is that withdrawing from the WHO makes Americans and the world less safe," says Dr. Tom Frieden, president and CEO of the nonprofit health organization Resolve to Save Lives and former director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Former NYC Health Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan explores what Trump’s nominations of RFK Jr. and David Weldon mean for health policy in cities and states.

It’s a mistake for President Trump to order to the United States to leave the World Health Organization. He should reverse course immediately.

Trump’s stances toward the U.N. may create openings for China to boost its influence there. It’s not clear that Beijing wants to.

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