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The WHO often has been under fire, but no nation has ever moved to sever ties with it

  • Written by Andrew Lakoff, Professor of Sociology, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
imageWorld Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrives at a press conference at WHO headquarters in Geneva on July 3, 2020.Fabrice Coffrini/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

In the midst of a surge of new cases of COVID-19, the United States this week gave formal notice of its intention to withdraw from the World Health Organization....

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