The United States will leave the World Health Organization on Jan. 22, 2026, the United Nations said on Thursday, after being formally notified of the decision by President Donald Trump, who has accused the agency of mishandling the pandemic and other international health crises.

The UN body has received a formal request from Washington to withdraw next year as Trump orders a pause on WHO funding.

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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.

More than half of Americans believe the U.S. benefits from its membership in the WHO. As of April 2024, 25% of U.S. adults say the country benefits a great deal from its membership, while about one third say it benefits a fair amount. Conversely, 38% say the U.S. does not benefit much or at all from WHO membership.

The World Health Organization reports that over 2,000 people have been wounded and 45 have died due to fighting in Congo's Goma region. The clashes have heightened the risk of spreading diseases such as mpox,

The IDF recently completed a major raid at the Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip, arresting some 240 terrorists. Fox News Digital has learned that hostages were reportedly held there.

When the plague, cholera and yellow fever rippled deadly waves across a newly industrialised and interconnected world in the mid-19th century, taking a global approach to health became an imperative.

Health officials at the Center for Disease Control have reportedly been ordered to stop working with the World Health Organization, following Trump's criticisms on the agency.

Aid teams from the UN World Health Organization ( WHO) “cannot move freely to support the hospitals, even ambulances cannot run. It’s a situation that in public health is a nightmare,” said Dr Boureima Hama Sambo, WHO Representive in DRC.

US-funded humanitarian and aid programmes worldwide were firing staff and shutting down or slowing down operations, as the Trump administration's unprecedented freeze on almost all foreign assistance brought their work to a sudden halt.