The United States completes World Health Organization withdrawal one year after Trump's executive order, citing WHO's delayed COVID-19 response.

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.

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The US is due to officially exit the World Health Organization today Thursday, in the face of warnings it will hit both US health and global health and also in violation of a US law that requires Washington to pay the UN health agency $260 million in fees that it owes.

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.