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US formally exits World Health Organization, locking in Trump’s break from global health body

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The United States has formally completed its withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO), the Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday. Trump signed an executive order on his first day in office in 2025 announcing the intention of the U.S. to withdraw from the WHO due to its mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic and a host of other issues the president took issue with, such as "onerous payments" that didn't match contributions from other member states. A year later, nearly to the day, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Department of State an...

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