US Officially Exits World Health Organization

The Trump administration cuts funding, recalls U.S. officials from the WHO.

The logo of the World Health Organization (WHO) is seen on panel in front of the headquarters of the WHO in Geneva, Switzerland, on Jan. 23, 2025. Robert Hradil/Getty Images

America is officially out of the World Health Organization (WHO).

“Today, the United States withdrew from the World Health Organization, freeing itself from its constraints, as President [Donald] Trump promised on his first day in office,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy, Jr., declared in a Jan. 22 joint statement.