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\nIllinois Gov.\u00a0JB Pritzker\u00a0(left) and California Gov.\u00a0Gavin Newsom\u00a0are shown in official portraits. Both states have moved to join the World Health Organization\u2013coordinated Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network following the United States\u2019 withdrawal from the WHO, citing the need to maintain access to global outbreak intelligence and coordination. \u00a0\u2013\u00a0Photo credits:\u00a0Left photo: Office of the Governor of Illinois official portrait Right photo: Office of the Governor of California official portrait\n<\/p>\n
CHICAGO\/SACRAMENTO\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Illinois\u00a0and\u00a0California\u00a0have moved to independently align with the\u00a0Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN), a WHO-coordinated system for outbreak surveillance and emergency response, following the\u00a0United States\u2019 formal withdrawal from the World Health Organization\u00a0in January 2026.<\/p>\n
Illinois Gov.\u00a0JB Pritzker\u00a0announced on\u00a0February 3, 2026\u00a0that the state would join GOARN, citing the need to maintain access to global early-warning alerts, technical expertise, and coordinated response capabilities. California Gov.\u00a0Gavin Newsom\u00a0made a similar announcement earlier, on\u00a0January 23, 2026, positioning California as the first U.S. state to join the network.<\/p>\n
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services confirmed that the United States completed its withdrawal from the\u00a0World Health Organization\u00a0on\u00a0January 22, 2026, following a one-year notice period tied to a decision by President\u00a0Donald Trump. The WHO said it regretted the move, warning that the decision could weaken global and domestic health security.<\/p>\n
GOARN brings together hundreds of public-health institutions worldwide to share outbreak intelligence, deploy technical assistance when requested, and support training and preparedness. State officials in both Illinois and California emphasized that participation does not replace federal public-health authority but is intended to preserve situational awareness and coordination amid shifting national policy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Share Post Viber icon Viber Email Illinois Gov.\u00a0JB Pritzker\u00a0(left) and California Gov.\u00a0Gavin Newsom\u00a0are shown in official portraits. Both…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":168879,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[81095,7,9,8,457,81096,73146,73147,9105,81097,81098,81099,81100,73148,39240],"class_list":["post-168878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-asian-journal","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-gavin-newsom","tag-global-health-policy","tag-global-outbreak-alert-and-response-network","tag-goarn","tag-illinois","tag-jb-pritzker","tag-outbreak-response","tag-public-health-preparedness","tag-u-s-who-withdrawal","tag-who","tag-world-health-organization"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}