politics
January 24, 2026
California Rejoins World Health Organization after US Withdraws
The State of California has rejoined the World Health Organization after President Trump withdrew the US this week
TL;DR
- California has rejoined the WHO's Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN).
- Governor Gavin Newsom announced the partnership after meeting with the WHO head.
- Newsom criticized President Trump's withdrawal from the WHO as a reckless decision.
- President Trump had been a critic of the WHO during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- The US withdrawal was stated to be in response to WHO's failures during the pandemic.
- The US was a founding member and largest financial contributor to the WHO.
- The US contributions, including mandatory dues and voluntary contributions, will cease.
- The withdrawal aims to end bureaucratic inertia, entrenched paradigms, conflicts of interest, and international politics within the WHO.
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