In a strange turn of events, even for the U.N., the World Health Organization held the U.S. flag captive in what seemed to be an act of defiance after the American government withdrew from the ...

Illinois is joining the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) to help keep ...

The U.S. has finalized its withdrawal from the World Health Organization. Federal officials announced the completion Thursday.

Withdrawing the United States from the WHO is "is a dangerous wager that puts American lives at risk." ...

The state of Illinois has joined a World Health Organization pandemic response network after the Trump administration withdrew the U.S. from the WHO.

Illinois will join a global network that monitors emerging disease threats, Gov. JB Pritzker announced Tuesday.

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

The White House may have pulled the plug on U.S. participation in the World Health Organization, but that doesn’t mean that Americans have to. The Illinois Department of Public Health sidestepped the ...

The U.S. departure from the World Health Organization became official in late January 2026, according to the Trump administration - a year after President Donald Trump signed an executive order on ...

Joining the World Health Organization’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network is the state’s latest move into an area that was previously the domain of the federal government, before ...