Latest World Health Organization News

Who funds the World Health Organization? A list of its biggest donors

Jan. 28, 2025 11:51 AM EST

President Donald Trump's decision to exit the World Health Organization means the U.N. agency is losing its biggest funder. For the two-year budget ending in 2025, the U.S. is projected to be WHO’s largest single contributor by far. It is expected to donate $958 million, or nearly 15%, of the...

CDC ordered to stop working with WHO immediately, upending expectations of an extended withdrawal

Jan. 27, 2025 18:12 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health Organization, effective immediately. A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official, John Nkengasong, sent a memo to senior leaders at the agency on Sunday night telling...

Huge health challenges face Gaza residents returning to their homes

Jan. 27, 2025 16:26 PM EST

Hospitals and clinics destroyed. Millions of tons of debris contaminated with toxic substances, unexploded ordnance and human remains. Tens of thousands of people with injuries that will require a lifetime of care. As Gaza's residents return to what is left of their homes, they face...

US public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health Organization, effective immediately

Jan. 27, 2025 15:30 PM EST
ATLANTA (AP) — US public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health Organization, effective immediately.