April 15, 2020 Obama's former UN ambassador blasts Trump's 'obscene' decision to cut WHO funding: 'Sheer madness' Samantha Power, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, attacked President Trump's decision to cut funding to the World Health Organization (WHO), arguing that it was hypocritical and an attempt to deflect from the administration's failures.
April 15, 2020 Rep Brian Mast calls for congressional investigation into origin of COVID-19 in China The origin of the COVID-19 virus in China should be under congressional investigation, Florida Republican Rep. Brian Mast stated Wednesday.
April 15, 2020 Trump announces US will halt funding to World Health Organization over coronavirus response President Trump announced at the White House coronavirus news briefing on Tuesday that the United States will immediately cut all funding for the World Health Organization (WHO), saying it had put "political correctness over lifesaving measures."
April 15, 2020 Lanhee Chen: Coronavirus and WHO – Trump must demand answers to these three questions It’s long past time for the United States to hold the WHO accountable for its mismanagement and lack of transparency.
April 15, 2020 On coronavirus, China and WHO show they’ve learned little after 2003 SARS outbreak In early 2003, the onslaught of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) out of southern China rattled the globe and quickly became the first public health crisis of the 21st century. Accusations of cover-ups orchestrated by the Chinese government, and a dangerously slow response from the World Health Organization (WHO), were ignited as panic seeped in and lives were lost. 17 years later, the very same red flags have been raised – but there has been at least one glaring difference.
April 15, 2020 Coronavirus crisis: What happens now that Trump has pulled majority funding from the WHO? Red flags have been raised over the role played by the World Health Organization (WHO) in initially downplaying the virus to appease China, and just how effectively its money – funded overwhelmingly by the U.S. taxpayer – is spent by the U.N. agency.
April 14, 2020 Gordon G. Chang: Trump right to stop funding World Health Organization over its botched coronavirus response The WHO, President Trump correctly said Tuesday, failed its “basic duty and must be held accountable.”
April 14, 2020 UN's Guterres criticizes Trump's move to cut WHO funding: 'Not the time' United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres hit back after President Trump announced Tuesday he would be cutting funding to the World Health Organization, saying now is “not the time” to cut funding and criticize the response of leadership to the coronavirus pandemic.
April 14, 2020 Pompeo knocks WHO as White House halts funding: 'We need answers ... we need transparency' Secretary of State Mike Pompeo joined "Hannity" Tuesday to discuss the coronavirus pandemic and the World Health Organization's (WHO) ineffectiveness, saying the organization needs to "do its job."
April 14, 2020 Navarro blasts WHO, says global health agency has 'blood on their hands' in coronavirus pandemic White House economic adviser Peter Navarro told Fox News Tuesday that the World Health Organization has "blood on their hands" due to inaction and repeated vouching for China in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic.