CDC staff ordered to cut off communication with WHO The directive to the CDC to halt communications with the World Health Organization was imposed to comply with President Trump's executive order. CBS News

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Beyond calling for the U.S. to begin the yearlong process to formally withdraw from funding the U.N. health agency, Mr. Trump's executive order had also instructed federal agencies to "recall and reassign" any U.S. government personnel from working with the WHO.

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