As part of a rash of executive orders completed on his first day back in the White House, President Donald Trump began the nation’s exit from the World Health Organization. Here, we explain how the withdrawal would work and what it would mean,

CDC official John Nkengasong, sent a memo to senior leaders at the agency ordering them to cut off all communications with the WHO and “await further guidance" in compliance with President Trump's exe

In this April 15, 2020 file photo, the logo and building of the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.

A World Health Organization spokesperson declined to comment on the move. The Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the CDC, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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.

Staff at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been ordered to stop communicating with the World Health Organization ... sent late Sunday from CDC Deputy Director of Global ...

NEW YORK — U.S. public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health Organization ... the stop-work policy applied to “all CDC staff engaging with WHO through technical ...

Four viruses are going around in what some have called a quad-demic.  They are flu, COVID-19, norovirus, and RSV. Several viruses have been on the rise since November, the CDC said. Pennsylvania is considered to have a high rate of respiratory illnesses.

Health officials are downplaying the TB danger, although the outbreak has continued for a full year with no end in sight.

Health officials in Columbia and Boone County are closely monitoring the ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas, which state officials have described as one of the largest in recorded U.S. history. However, local officials say there is no immediate cause for concern across mid-Missouri.

There is a vaccine aimed at preventing TB called Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG), but it’s not commonly used in the U.S., according to the CDC. However, many people born outside the U.S. have gotten the vaccine.