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Six years after COVID-19: Lessons learned and pandemic preparedness

Six years ago, the Director-General of the World Health Organization sounded the highest global alarm available under international law at the time, declaring the outbreak of a new coronavirus disease ...

US exit from the World Health Organization marks a new era in global health policy – here’s what the US, and world, will lose

The US will no longer participate in the WHO’s global influenza monitoring system – a shift experts say will lead to more flu ...

U.S. completes withdrawal from World Health Organization, hampering global response to outbreaks

One year after President Trump announced it, the U.S. has finalized its withdrawal from the World Health Organization.

US officially exits World Health Organization over failed COVID-19 response

The WHO delayed declaring a global public health emergency and a pandemic during the early stages of COVID-19, costing the world critical weeks as the virus spread,” U.S. officials ...

As the U.S. bids adieu to the World Health Organization, California says hello

In the wake of the U.S. withdrawal from WHO, California is the first state to participate in the agency's disease monitoring ...