As the novel coronavirus first emerged in China late last year, more than a dozen U.S. researchers, doctors, and public health officials were working at the World Health Organization’s Geneva headquarters. President Trump has accused the United Nations’ health agency of not clearly communicating early on how big a threat the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic was, in an attempt to protect China. Last week, he said the U.S. will halt funding to the WHO and conduct a review “to assess the WHO’s role in severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of the coronavirus.