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.”

Trump announced the US would withdraw from the World Health Organization in January 2023 in one of his final acts as President, but has now hinted at a U-turn

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.

The U.S. has traditionally been the most generous benefactor of the WHO. A Trump executive order to cut ties with the WHO could pose a threat to global public health.

President Donald Trump said on Saturday he may consider rejoining the World Health Organization, days after ordering a U.S. exit from the global health agency over what he described as a mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic and other international health crises.

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.

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

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

Public health experts say the United States’ departure could cripple the WHO’s operations or leave an opening for China to assume greater control over the agency.

Spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in the United States Liu Pengyu commented on the reports that the US CIA leans toward the theory that the COVID-19 pandemic originated from a virus leak at a labor

Days after ordering a US exit from the global health agency over what he described as a mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic and other international health crises, President Donald Trump on Saturday (Jan 25) said that he may consider rejoining the World Health Organization (WHO).