The United States officially withdrew from the World Health Organization on Thursday, slightly over a year after President Donald Trump announced his intention to withdraw the U.S. from the WHO via an executive order on the first day of his second term on Jan.

After nearly 80 years of membership, the U.S. is officially no longer part of the World Health Organization (WHO). President Trump initiated the removal process in an executive order on Jan. 20, 2025,

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The US is due to officially exit the World Health Organization today Thursday, in the face of warnings it will hit both US health and global health and also in violation of a US law that requires Washington to pay the UN health agency $260 million in fees that it owes.