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President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, April 14, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Donald Trump cuts off WHO funding, pending review

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Where is the WHO Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

The world deserves a better, totally transparent and accountable, World Health Organization

By Chris Smith

In this Feb. 24, 2020, photo, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), addresses a press conference about the update on COVID-19 at the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP) **FILE**

WHO chief confident U.S. funding will continue despite tiff with Donald Trump

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

FILE - This March 1931 file photo shows ampules of the BCG vaccine against tuberculosis in a laboratory at the Institute Pasteur in Paris, France. Dec. 2, 1947 file photo. Scientists are dusting off some decades-old vaccines against TB and polio to see if they could provide stopgap protection against COVID-19 until a more precise shot arrives. (AP Photo/Alfred Eisenstaedt)

Could old vaccines for other germs protect against COVID-19?

By LAURAN NEERGAARD - Associated Press

North Korean flags flutter in front of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly building in Pyongyang, Thursday, April 9, 2020. North Korea's parliament, the Supreme People's Assembly, is scheduled to convene on April 10. (Kyodo News via AP)

World Health Organization, on North Korea, embarrasses itself

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this April 7, 2020, photo, President Donald Trump calls on a reporter for a question as he speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. First, it was the media that was at fault. Then, Democratic governors came under fire. China, President Barack Obama and federal watchdogs have all had a turn in the crosshairs. And now it’s the World Health Organization that's to blame. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

As pandemic deepens, Trump cycles through targets to blame

By JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

In this Feb. 24, 2020, photo, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), addresses a press conference about the update on COVID-19 at the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP) **FILE**

Liz Cheney slams WHO’s Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as Chinese ‘puppet,’ says he ‘absolutely must go’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), attends a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, May 18, 2018. The WHO Director-General answered questions ahead of the World Health Assembly and following the meeting of an International Health Regulations Emergency Committee on Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Valentin Flauraud/Keystone via AP)

WHO-China ties scrutinized after botched coronavirus response

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this Monday, March 9, 2020, file photo, Director-General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during a news conference on updates regarding the novel coronavirus, at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP, file)

WHO claps back at Donald Trump: Coronavirus isn’t ‘very China-centric’

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

In this Monday, March 9, 2020, file photo, Director-General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during a news conference on updates regarding the novel coronavirus, at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP, file)

UN health agency on defensive after Trump slams it on virus

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

Medical workers wearing personal protective equipment wheel bodies to a refrigerated trailer serving as a makeshift morgue at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, Monday, April 6, 2020, in New York. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

WHO chief: Politicizing coronavirus will result in ‘more body bags’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A vendor wears face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus and waits for customers at a night market in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, April 8, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Taiwan protests WHO leader’s accusations of racist campaign

By JOHNSON LAI - Associated Press

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping visits the Chuanshan port area of the Ningbo-Zhoushan Port in east China's Zhejiang Province, Sunday, March 29, 2020. Authorities in China are working to restart its industries as number of new coronavirus cases and deaths fall in the country. (Ju Peng/Xinhua via AP)

Xi Jinping’s Wuhan virus has the power to change the course of history

By Clifford D. May

President Donald Trump listens during a conference call with banks on efforts to help small businesses during the coronavirus pandemic, at the White House, Tuesday, April 7, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump blasts World Health Organization as outrage rises over pro-China pandemic response

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Tuesday, April 7, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Donald Trump: U.S. to withhold WHO funding

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 14, 2020, file photo Taiwanese army soldiers wearing protective suits spray disinfectant over a road during a drill to prevent community cluster infection of coronavirus in New Taipei City, Taiwan. The administration, backed by a bipartisan collection of lawmakers, is pressing for Taiwan's inclusion as a separate entity in international organizations like the World Health Organization and the International Civil Aviation Organization, both of which have significant roles in anti-virus efforts. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

US sees coronavirus window to push Taiwan’s global status

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

In this Feb. 1, 2019, file photo, Bill Gates smiles while being interviewed in Kirkland, Wash. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) ** FILE **

Bill Gates and his coronavirus conflicts of interest

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this Monday, March 9, 2020 photo, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization speaks during a news conference on updates regarding on the novel coronavirus COVID-19, at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Accompanying him are Michael Ryan, left, executive director of WHO's Health Emergencies program, and Maria van Kerkhove, right, technical lead of WHO's Health Emergencies program. On Wednesday, March 11, 2020, the WHO declared the new coronavirus a pandemic, suggesting the disease is spreading across the globe unchecked. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

The World Health Organization and its leader play China’s puppets on coronavirus

By Brett D. Schaefer

In this March 22, 2020, file photo U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams attends a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, in Washington. Chicago is among several large American cities identified as hot spots for COVID-19 infections and will see the number of local coronavirus cases rise, the U.S. surgeon general said Friday, March 27, 2020, on &quot;CBS This Morning.&quot; Adams warned that Detroit, Chicago and New Orleans &quot;will have a worse week next week.&quot; (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams: Feds not recommending general public wear masks

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

A women beats a cooking top in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, March 20, 2020 during the 'Switzerland says thank you' campaign to thank paramedics who fight against the new coronavirus and the COVID-19 disease. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)

UN health agency settles in for long fight with virus

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press