Trump returns to the White House as the tenth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic once again inundates hospitals, while the last vestiges of public health are set for destruction.

WHO’s constitution, drafted in New York, doesn’t have a clear exit method for member states. A joint resolution by Congress in 1948 outlined that the U.S. can withdraw with one year's notice. This is contingent, however, on ensuring that its financial obligations to WHO “shall be met in full for the organization’s current fiscal year.”

Why did Trump walk out of the WHO? How much of the agency's funding came from the US? What happens to US experts working on the WHO's schemes? We explain.

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.

The World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday it regretted the decision by the new US administration of President Donald Trump to

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.

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order initiating the withdrawal of the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO). The

President Trump’s return to office marks the second US withdrawal from the WHO, raising concerns over global health implications and US responsibilities

Donald Trump has pulled the US out of the World Health Organisation (WHO), stating that the global health organisation mishandled the Covid-19 pandemic. In one of his first executive orders, the President said the agency failed to act independently from the “inappropriate political influence of WHO member states”.

Lack of US funding and expertise would undermine global health security and raise the risk of pandemics, experts say

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