CNBC January 28, 2025
President Donald Trump kicked off the first week of his second term with sweeping changes to U.S. health care and federal health agencies.
Here are a few of the biggest changes we saw last week:
U.S. exit from the WHO
Trump signed an executive order to start to withdraw the U.S. from the World Health Organization, citing what he described as a “mishandling” of the Covid-19 pandemic and other international health crises. In 2021, the Biden administration halted Trump’s first formal attempt at a U.S. exit from the WHO.
The implications for the U.S. could be significant: the WHO serves as a first alert system when a new disease outbreak occurs, which helps member countries quickly obtain the...
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