The potential impacts of Trump’s decision to withdraw from the World Health Organization

As part of his blitz of executive orders, President Trump delivered on a promise to take out the United States from the World Health Organization. The Trump White House charges the WHO of mishandling the COVID-19 pandemic and prejudice toward China. Amna Nawaz reviewed potential effects with Lawrence Gostin of the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University.

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