Trump announced the US would withdraw from the World Health Organization in January 2023 in one of his final acts as President, but has now hinted at a U-turn

President Donald Trump discussed his thoughts on the World Health Organization, expanding on some of the reasons he withdrew from the agency.

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 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.

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.

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

The first week of President Donald Trump’s second term dealt several body blows to public health. Among a flurry of executive orders signed on his first day in office is one that withdraws the U.S. from the World Health Organization (WHO)—a move experts say will make the U.

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

Public health experts warn that pulling out of WHO, which Trump attacked for its response to COVID-19, will leave Americans more vulnerable to health threats.

President Donald Trump is pulling the U.S. out of the World Health Organization, raising concerns about the U.N. agency's ability to fight diseases and respond to emergencies around the globe without its biggest funder.

How America's legacy of combating threats to global health security - including at home in the United States - is at risk.