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

TOLEDO, Ohio — It has been five years since Covid-19 was officially declared a Global Emergency by the World Health Organization. As of Jan. 2025, more than 7 million people have died from the virus. Dr. Brian Kaminski, VP of medical affairs for ProMedica, said one of the biggest changes is how health care providers communicate with patients.

The ending of the commitment to the World Health Organization by the United States poses as an existential threat to the well-being of the international working class.

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

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.

As part of his blitz of executive orders, President Trump delivered on a promise to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization. The Trump White House accuses the WHO of mishandling the COVID-19 pandemic and bias toward China.

America’s departure will leave a gaping hole in the apex health organisation’s budget and operational capacity that will have worldwide repercussions.

Coronavirus pandemic has left millions grappling with mental health challenges like anxiety and depression. Those who got infected with the deadly virus were isolated, which triggered mental health issues.

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump is pulling the U.S. out of the World Health Organization ... withdrawing "due to the organization’s mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic that arose out ...

In a day-one executive order, President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from the World Health Organization for a second time.

People still see COVID-19 as an ongoing public health threat, even though the pandemic officially ended in 2023, acc