‘Sowing seeds for next pandemic’: Trump order for US to exit WHO prompts alarm
Jan 21, 2025
Departure from UN agency in 12 months would leave Americans vulnerable, say public health expertsDonald Trump returns to office – live updatesDonald Trump has announced that the US will exit the World Health Organization and suspend all foreign aid for three months, in a move that will leave critical humanitarian work in jeopardy and threaten the global fight against infectious diseases.In an executive order signed on his first day in office, Trump declared that the US would leave the UN global public health agency in 12 months’ time and stop all financial contributions to its work. Continue reading...