President Donald Trump’s decision to exit the World Health Organization means the U.N. agency is losing its biggest funder.

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.

The World Health Organization is shaped by its members: 194 countries that set health priorities and make agreements about how to share critical data, treatments, and vaccines during international emergencies.

World Health Organization chief says agency already cutting back on hiring and travel with Trump withdrawal set to hit funding.

A Pew Research survey reveals that opinions on U.S. membership in the World Health Organization are split. As of April 2024, 58% of Americans believe the U.S. benefits from its membership, though this is down from earlier in the pandemic.

The U.S. has traditionally been the most generous benefactor of the WHO. A Trump executive order to cut ties with the WHO could pose a threat to global public health.

President Donald Trump has used one of the flurry of 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 Organi

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.

Much attention has rightly been placed on how to fill the World Health Organization’s funding gap if and when the US withdraws. Kent Buse and colleagues argue that President Trump’s idea to establish a parallel structure is equally insidious as withdrawing from WHO Some things are much better done together,

One executive order that President Donald Trump signed during his first week in office was the withdrawal of the U.S. from the World Health Organization (WHO).

Uganda's ministry of health has confirmed a new outbreak of the Ebola virus in the capital, Kampala, with one reported death. The victim was a 32-year-old male nurse whose symptoms included "high fever, chest pain, and difficulty in breathing" and "bleeding from multiple body sites".