The directive to the CDC to halt communications with the World Health Organization was imposed to comply with President Trump's executive order.

President Donald Trump last week issued an executive order to begin the process of withdrawing the U.S. from WHO, but that did not take immediate effect.

In line with Trump's executive order to end all collaboration with the WHO, the CDC has been instructed to end all communications and work with the international public health agency.

The White House has directed the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to cease all collaboration with the World Health Organization.

ATLANTA (AP) — US public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health Organization, effective immediately.

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 has urged the United State to reconsider its withdrawal from the global health agency. It comes a day after President Donald Trump signed an executive order pulling ...

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.

The pair of mandates will effectively silo U.S. public health agencies from their international counterparts and sever the American public, health providers, and research hubs from information about infectious diseases, budding epidemics, and even outbreaks of foodborne and waterborne illnesses.

Experts have also cautioned that withdrawing from the organization ... the world far less healthy and safe,” said Lawrence Gostin, director of the WHO Collaborating Center on Global Health ...

President Trump’s executive order for the U.S. to withdraw from the World Health Organization could greatly impact the nation’s ability to track and respond to global disease threats.

US public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health Organization, effective immediately.