President Trump's announcement that the United States would end cooperation with the World Health Organization in the midst of a global coronavirus pandemic has not resulted in any formal action, and American institutions are still engaged in longstanding relationships with the Geneva-based international agency. Trump, upset at what he says is the WHO's inability to hold China to account for the coronavirus that began circulating in Wuhan sometime in 2019, said last month the U.S. would withhold funding and terminate its relationship with the United Nations-affiliated body. "Because they have failed to make the requested and greatly needed reforms, we will be today terminating our relationship with the World Health Organization and redirecting those funds to other worldwide and deserving, urgent global public health needs," Trump said on May 29. Two weeks later, no steps toward a formal withdrawal have been taken. A WHO spokesman told The Hill that the agency had rece...
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