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May 11, 2023 · The end of the state of emergency means that some of these protections will come to an end and will leave millions of vulnerable people without safety net coverage.
- Millions of People May Lose Access to Free Testing
- Availability of Covid Vaccines and Treatments Won’T Change
- Research Into New Covid Vaccines and Treatments Will Continue
COVID tests — at-home and lab versions — that were authorized by the FDA over the last three years will remain available. These tests were granted emergency use authorizations, or EUAs, which allow public access to tests that are not formally approved by the FDA. Instead of expiring with the public health emergency, the FDA can decide when it wants...
The end of the national emergency did not impact people’s ability to access vaccines and antiviral treatments. Nor will the end of the public health emergency. Vaccines and treatments will “generally not be affected,” the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service, or HHS, says. The FDA can also continue issuing EUAs for any new vaccines or treatm...
The bulk of the funding for coronavirus research wasn’t tied directly to the public health emergency, so ongoing and future studies won’t come to a halt. What will change is how some data get reported to the CDC. While most CDC data tracking isn’t directly affected by the public health emergency’s end, daily reports of COVID-related hospitalization...
May 8, 2023 · Why is the public health emergency ending now? The U.S. federal government has the authority to declare various types of emergencies, which allows flexibility to deviate from standard procedures...
May 15, 2023 · On May 5, the World Health Organization declared the end of the Covid-19 global health emergency. A week later, on March 11, the coronavirus public health emergency in the United States expired.
Feb 21, 2022 · Just because the rules are changing, does that mean the pandemic is really ending? Here, Johns Hopkins University public health experts offer insights into what signs their research tells them will signal that SARS-CoV-2 is moving from pandemic to endemic.
May 10, 2023 · The U.S. government on Thursday will end the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency that allowed millions of Americans to receive vaccines, tests and treatments at no cost.
Oct 11, 2022 · Harvard faculty on changes to views on school, work, winter’s likely surge, danger of ‘lethal inflexibility’. Public health officials agree that the end of the pandemic is in sight but not here yet. So where does it leave educators, top business executives, and public health experts?
