A federal funding freeze announced by President Donald Trump ’s administration this week sparked concern in the public health community about the fate of crucial services and the communities served by them. Now, even with the memo instituting the freeze rescinded, unease remains.

At a health expo in Clarkston, workers offering services expressed pride in their efforts to contribute to metro Atlanta’s well-being. But many worried whether actions threatened by newly elected President Donald Trump could hamper their mission.

Public health officials and experts were braced for challenges. The scale of the new administration’s moves in the first few days, however, has shocked them.

This action follows an executive order signed by President Trump on his first day in office to withdraw the United States from the WHO.

On his first day back in office, Donald Trump proclaimed that the U.S. would pull out of the World Health Organization, disturbing many. Health officials may have taken solace in the fact it would take at least a year to withdraw,

This afternoon, the Associated Press is reporting that United States officials have officially ordered all public health officers to cease working at the World Health Organization just days after President Donald Trump signed an executive order pulling the United States out of the World Health Organization.