U.S. Withdraws From The World Health Organization

The United States officially withdrew from the World Health Organization (WHO) on January 22, 2026. The Trump administration had signaled its intent to withdraw in an executive order issued on January 20, 2025. With this withdrawal, the United States has ceased its funding for and staffing of WHO initiatives.

The recent announcement stated, “This action responds to the WHO’s failures during the COVID-19 pandemic and seeks to rectify the harm from those failures inflicted on the American people. Today, we right these injustices and bring an end to the bureaucratic inertia, entrenched paradigms, conflicts of interest, and international . . .