"Such a lawsuit is nothing short of frivolous litigation that defies the basic theory of the law and sovereign equality," Chinese embassy spokesperson Liu Pengyu told Newsweek when asked how China would react to a ruling in the state's favor.

President Trump’s decision to pull out of the international health agency could deprive the United States of crucial scientific data and lessen the country’s influence in setting a global health agenda.

The World Health Organization said in January 2025 that China's reported levels of acute respiratory infections, including those caused by the flu-like virus HMPV, were "within the expected range" for winter.

On Tuesday, Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson Guo also expressed strong support for the World Health Organization following Trump's announcement, saying China will "as always ...

As part of his blitz of executive orders, President Trump delivered on a promise to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization. The Trump White House accuses the WHO of mishandling the COVID-19 pandemic and bias toward China.

China voiced strong support for the World Health Organization (WHO) after former US President Donald Trump announced U.S. withdrawal, accusing WHO of mishandling the COVID-19 pandemic. Trump signed an executive order for withdrawal but his successor,

The U.S. has traditionally been the most generous benefactor of the WHO. A Trump executive order to cut ties with the WHO could pose a threat to global public health.

The United States will leave the World Health Organization, President Donald Trump said on Monday, saying the global health agency had mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic and other international health crises.

The U.S. always seems to be in competition with China—economically, technologically, militarily. But how do the two countries stack up when it comes to measuring the health of its people? Going by what we know about China's approach to aging—revering and caring for their elderly population,

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On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization (WHO) – a move experts say makes the U.S. and other countries less safe from infectious diseases and other public-health threats.