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 ...

Why does Trump want to withdraw? Trump first tried to exit WHO during his first term in 2020, accusing the organization of “severely mismanaging and covering up” the spread of Covid-19.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Jan. 20 that withdraws the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO), a global coalition of 194 members that addresses health issues ...

“The World Health Organization should be ashamed of themselves, because they’re like the public relations agency for China,” Trump seethed in April 2020, alleging that the WHO helped cover ...

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.

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 ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday said it “regrets” President Trump’s move to withdraw from the global health authority, saying it hopes the U.S. will reconsider the decision.

Member states of the World Health Organization voted overwhelmingly to adopt the first ever pandemic agreement, a treaty aimed at preventing, preparing for and responding to any future pandemic.

“A U.S. withdrawal from WHO would make the world far less healthy and safe,” Lawrence Gostin, director of the WHO Collaborating Center on Global Health Law at Georgetown University, told the AP.

The article explains the role of the World Health Organization and explores why Trump wants to withdraw from it.