The United States Walks Away from the World Health Organization and the World Watches
As the U.S. formally exits the WHO and Argentina prepares to follow, the future of global health cooperation — and America’s role in it — hangs in the balance.
On January 22, 2026, the United States formally completed its withdrawal from the World Health Organization, ending nearly eight decades of membership in the global health body it helped found after World War II. This decision, ordered by President Donald Trump via Executive Order 14155 on his first day back in the Oval Office in 2025, finalized a proce…
