TOLEDO, Ohio — It has been five years since Covid-19 was officially declared a Global Emergency by the World Health Organization. As of Jan. 2025, more than 7 million people have died from the virus. Dr. Brian Kaminski, VP of medical affairs for ProMedica, said one of the biggest changes is how health care providers communicate with patients.

World Health Organization chief says agency already cutting back on hiring and travel with Trump withdrawal set to hit funding.

People still see COVID-19 as an ongoing public health threat, even though the pandemic officially ended in 2023, acc

President Donald Trump announced Monday he is withdrawing the US from the World Health Organization, a significant move on his first day back in the White House cutting ties with the United Nations’ public health agency and drawing criticism from public health experts.

Ooh, that’s a big one,” Donald Trump said Monday as he signed an executive order – one of dozens during his first hours as president – to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization.

The ending of the commitment to the World Health Organization by the United States poses as an existential threat to the well-being of the international working class.

Coronavirus pandemic has left millions grappling with mental health challenges like anxiety and depression. Those who got infected with the deadly virus were isolated, which triggered mental health issues.

One of President Trump’s first executive orders removes the U.S. from the global health organization, which experts say is “cataclysmic.”

This afternoon, the Associated Press is reporting that United States officials have officially ordered all public health officers to cease working at the World Health Organization just days after President Donald Trump signed an executive order pulling the United States out of the World Health Organization.

President Donald Trump said on Saturday he may consider rejoining the World Health Organization, days after ordering a U.S. exit from the global health agency over what he described as a mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic and other international health crises.

In a day-one executive order, President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from the World Health Organization for a second time.