Illinois joins WHO network to respond to disease outbreaks after Trump pulls US out of global health body

2026-02-04 - 23:25

Governor JB Pritzker pledges to put ‘science, preparedness and people’ first by participating in global response network The Illinois governor, JB Pritzker, has announced that his state will join the World Health Organization’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN), following Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the US from the global body in 2025. Pritzker, a Democrat, made the announcement on Tuesday, confirming that Illinois will become part of the coordinated international network dedicated to monitoring and responding to global disease outbreaks. Continue reading...