The UN body has received a formal request from Washington to withdraw next year as Trump orders a pause on WHO funding.

The United States will leave the World Health Organization on Jan. 22, 2026, the United Nations said on Thursday, after being formally notified of the decision by President Donald Trump, who has accused the agency of mishandling the pandemic and other international health crises.

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.

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.

U.S. 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 Organization for the second time in less than five years.

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump is pulling the U.S. out of the World Health ... American Health Organization, WHO’s regional office for the Americas, is based in Washington, D.C. The U.S ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump ... White House to begin the process of withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization for the second time in less than five years — a move many ...

It’s a mistake for President Trump to order to the United States to leave the World Health Organization. He should reverse course immediately.

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The World Health Organization ( WHO) has responded to President Donald Trump 's recent executive order withdrawing the U.S. from the organization, warning that this move may undermine its core mission.

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