The United States has officially withdrawn from the World Health Organization (WHO), marking a major shift in Washington’s global health policy and ending decades of formal participation in the UN-backed agency.

The Trump administration has made good on its promise to withdraw the United States from the world’s leading global health organization.

WASHINGTON — World Health Organization bureaucrats have finally returned an American flag that flew at its Geneva headquarters after State Department officials accused the public health body of holding the Stars and Stripes “captive.

President Donald Trump initiated the U.S. exit from the agency on his first day back in office.

California joined WHO's Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network, countering federal withdrawal from the organization.

The United States officially withdrew from the World Health Organization on Thursday, slightly over a year after President Donald Trump announced his intention to withdraw the U.S. from the WHO via an executive order on the first day of his second term on Jan.

Trump signed an executive order last year, beginning the withdrawal process.

By Jennifer Rigby and Emma Farge LONDON, Jan 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. is due to officially exit the World Health Organization on Thursday, in the face of warnings it will hit both U.S. health and global health and also in violation of a U.