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US exits WHO.

The withdrawal from the World Health Organization makes good on an executive order Trump issued on his first day in office. Per The New York Times:

The up-in-the-air status of the flu vaccine is just one of countless global health matters that are left hanging in the balance by the United States’ withdrawal. Global health experts are deeply concerned that if a novel bug similar to the coronavirus emerges, a lack of international coordination will lead to death and disaster.

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