President Trump’s executive order for the U.S. to withdraw from the World Health Organization could greatly impact the nation’s ability to track and respond to global disease threats.

Without funding and participation from the U.S., WHO might struggle to contain disease outbreaks or develop vaccines.

The executive board of the World Health Organization (WHO) is meeting this week, just days after US President Donald Trump ...

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

The U.S. withdrawal from WHO has seismic implications on issues like prevention of future pandemics, and the stakes are ...

In a statement Tuesday, the organization said it regretted ... The agency was founded in 1948 in an attempt to protect the world’s health. Its constitution, signed by all UN members at the ...

Founded in 1948 with help from the United States, the World Health Organization is an agency of the United Nations. Its mission, according to its website, is to “confront the biggest health ...