The United States is leaving the World Health Organization. What could that mean for Spokane?
The WHO is an agency of the United Nations tasked with coordinating responses to public health emergencies between nations.
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Editorial: Trump’s public health risk: The dangerous spurning of the World Health Organization
Editorial written by New York Daily News Board. In one of his first acts as president, Donald Trump has moved to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization, joining only Soviet ...
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Trump orders United States to exit WHO again. Health experts warn of danger.
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