Ooh, that’s a big one,” Donald Trump said Monday as he signed an executive order – one of dozens during his first hours as president – to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization.

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.

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.

United Nations agencies are anxiously awaiting the fallout from US President Donald Trump's abrupt suspension of almost all foreign aid. The UN agency that helps refugees, asylum seekers and people forcibly displaced within their own countries has been put on a savings drive,

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

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

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

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 signed an executive order that would begin the process of removing the U.S. from the World Health Organization. Here's why.

A World Health Organization staff member hopes to raise enough money through fundraising on social media to soften the impact of President Donald Trump pulling the United States out of the organisation,

One of President Trump’s first executive orders removes the U.S. from the global health organization, which experts say is “cataclysmic.”

The White House on Tuesday justified a sweeping freeze in US overseas assistance by citing a $50 million condom distribution program in the Gaza Strip, without offering evidence to back up the claim.