The WHO says Iran has evacuated six hospitals during the war, but authorities have not yet requested emergency aid as the ...

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Illinois is joining a network of the World Health Organization in hopes of better positioning the state to handle potential health threats, following the U.S. withdrawal from the group last month.

President Donald Trump is pictured in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 22, 2026. President Donald Trump has officially withdrawn the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO). The move is more ...

Attacks on medical facilities and mass displacement are disrupting care and threatening global supply chains, with women and ...

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 ...