U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, testifies before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions regarding the President's proposed budget request for the fiscal year 2026 for the Department of Health and Human Services, at the Capitol in Washington, DC, on May 14, 2025. (Credit: Jim Watson/AFP.)
US Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday urged member countries of the World Health Organization to "consider joining" the US, which has begun the process of leaving the organization.
"I urge Health Ministers worldwide and the WHO to see our withdrawal as a warning signal," Kennedy said in a video message, stressing that "we have already made contact with like-minded countries and encourage others to consider joining us."
US Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday urged member countries of the World Health Organization to "consider joining" the US, which has begun the process of leaving the organization.
"I urge Health Ministers worldwide and the WHO to see our withdrawal as a warning signal," Kennedy said in a video message, stressing that "we have already made contact with like-minded countries and encourage others to consider joining us."
