If we are truly concerned about border security, our best defense is to work with international partners such as WHO to strengthen global health.

The US withdrawal will not officially happen until January 2026, so there will be months of uncertainty over budgets and strategic direction at the near-80-year-old agency. Set up by the United Nations, the organization’s goals include expanding universal health coverage and coordinating the world’s response to health emergencies.

Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.

The measles outbreak has landed in Washington State. An infant was discovered to have the viral infection in King County, as the WA State Standard reports. Medical and public health experts recommend you get vaccinated to avoid everything from the lowest extreme of body discomfort all the way up to the worst-case scenario of the measles: death.