Trump moves to withdraw U.S. from the World Health Organization
President Trump signed an executive order on the first day of his second term, beginning the process of withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization.
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President Trump signed an executive order on the first day of his second term, beginning the process of withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization.
On his first day in office, President Trump signed executive orders to withdraw the U.S. from the World Health Organization and rescinded key Biden-era health care policies. CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook joins "CBS Mornings Plus" to break down what these actions mean for the country's health future.
The Israeli military released footage Sunday that it says shows the evacuation of Palestinian civilians from a hospital it raided last week. Gaza's health ministry said dozens of civilian hospital staff were detained during and following the raid. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Holly Williams reports.
Israeli forces raided northern Gaza's last hospital and detained its director as a purported Hamas suspect. U.N. officials say he must be freed immediately.
President-elect Donald Trump's transition team is laying the groundwork for the U.S. to exit the World Health Organization on the first day he's in office, according to a new Reuters report. CBS News campaign reporter Taurean Small has more on that, Trump's criticism of President Biden's decision to commute the sentences for 37 inmates on federal death row and more.
"The mystery has finally been solved," Congo's health ministry says, after an unidentified disease outbreak started killing mainly women and children in a remote region.
Congo's health minister says the government is "on general alert" over an unidentified disease that's killed dozens of people, about half of whom were children.
The person had traveled to eastern Africa and was treated in Northern California upon return, according to the California Department of Public Health.
The middle-aged Iowa resident had recently returned from travel to West Africa, where it is believed they contracted the virus.
Israel is expected to pause some of its operations in Gaza on Sunday to allow health workers to roll out their campaign to administer polio vaccines to some 650,000 Palestinian children.
Researchers analyzed 651 commercially produced infant and toddler foods across 10 different grocery chains in the U.S., finding nearly 60% failed to meet nutritional standards.
The World Health Organization declared an international health emergency over the spread of mpox in Africa, but says it's not the next coronavirus.
A battle is brewing in Washington, D.C., over America's alcohol guidelines. Julie Wernau, reporter for The Wall Street Journal, joins CBS News to explain what some of the proposed changes might look like and how they could affect your daily pour.
The World Health Organization has confirmed a human bird flu case in India – a 4-year-old who was infected with the H9N2 avian flu virus.
Israeli forces continue to launch some of the heaviest bombardments in southern Gaza since its war against Hamas began. CBS News' Charlie D'Agata reports.
World leaders and health experts gathered at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos to discuss a hypothetical disease X pandemic.
The United Nations is warning that a quarter of Gazans are facing starvation amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Dr. Paul Spiegel, the director of the John Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health, joins CBS News with a look at the efforts to get aid to Palestinian civilians.
Israeli tanks have reportedly surrounded northern Gaza's Indonesian Hospital, where nearly 3,000 Palestinians are sheltering and at least 12 people were killed Monday in artillery fire, according to the Hamas-run Ministry of Health. CBS News foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab reports from Jerusalem.
Bodies are piling up inside and outside of Gaza's biggest hospital, with the World Health Organization warning it is "nearly a cemetery." Dozens of premature babies cannot be treated properly due to a lack of power, says the United Nations. CBS News' Ramy Inocencio reports from Jerusalem.
Gaza's Hamas-run Ministry of Health said the health sector in the Palestinian territory was "in a state of complete collapse" on Monday with three major hospitals completely out of service amid a lack of fuel and water. CBS News foreign correspondent Debora Patta reports.
"Aluminum foil is kept around the babies to protect them from the cold weather," says the director general of Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry.
Humanitarian agencies are warning that the lack of fuel in the Gaza Strip is causing its health system to break down amid the Israeli siege.
The World Health Organization now classifies aspartame sweetener as a possible carcinogen. The artificial sweetener is used in several diet sodas as well as ice cream, chewing gum and cereal. Anahad O'Connor, a health columnist for the Washington Post, joined CBS News to talk about the new classification.
Many popular diet sodas, light gelatins and sugar-free gums contain the artificial sweetener.
The World Health Organization is weighing in on aspartame, an artificial sweetener used in thousands of food and drink products.