Public health experts say the United States’ departure could cripple the WHO’s operations or leave an opening for China to assume greater control over the agency.

The WHO is an agency of the United Nations tasked with coordinating responses to public health emergencies between nations. The United States is a founding member of the organization, which was set up in 1948 in the wake of World War II.

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to begin the process of withdrawing the US from the World Health Organization (WHO)."Oooh, that's a big one," the newly inaugurated US president said as he approved the document after arriving back at the White House.

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

Trump initially removed the U.S. from the WHO in 2020, but Biden reversed his action before it went into effect.

If it wasn’t already clear — after nearly 250 years — that the pardon power is a standing invitation to abuse and corruption, two presidents confirmed it on the same day this week.

Ooh, that’s a big one,” Donald Trump said Monday as he signed an executive order – one of dozens during his first hours as president – to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization.

One of the first actions President Donald Trump took after being inaugurated Monday was to sign an executive order to start the process of removing the United States from the World Health Organization.

Among President Trump’s flurry of executive orders was one reviving a pandemic-era pledge: to withdraw the U.S. from the World Health Organization. Trump signed an order in the Oval Office to withdraw the U.

President Donald Trump's first actions in the Oval Office included rolling back healthcare policies put forth by former President Joe Biden ... in the World Health Organization, as well.

President Joe Biden ... the organization said in a statement. “For over seven decades, WHO and the USA have saved countless lives and protected Americans and all people from health threats ...