Public health emergency for mpox officially ends

Dr. Arwady on the end of COVID health emergency

Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady joins Lisa Dent to explain how Chicagoans might be impacted by President Biden’s plan to end the COVID-19 public health emergency in May. Follow The Lisa Dent Show on Twitter:Follow @LisaDentSpeaksFollow @SteveBertrand Follow @kpowell720 Follow @maryvandeveldeFollow @LaurenLapka

What Mainers need to know about the COVID public health emergency's end

President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that he would end the emergency statuses governing the COVID-19 response May 11, a move that triggers health coverage changes long planned for by states.The government’s decision to end emergency status is not related to the World Health Organization’s opinion this week that the pandemic remains but may be at a “transition point.” The president’s move amounts to a recognition that Americans are increasingly …

Mpox cases in Georgia drop; CDC ends public health emergency

Mpox — formerly known as monkeypox — is no longer a public health emergency.

What happens when U.S. COVID emergency measures end in May?

Since the start of the pandemic, both former President Trump and President Biden have repeatedly renewed a special declaration of a national and public health emergency. But the government’s approach toward COVID has dramatically changed and Biden said he would allow that emergency declaration to end in May. William Brangham spoke with Lawrence Gostin about what it will mean.

End Nears for Covid Public Health Emergency

But expansions of key safety net programs that involve states are no longer tied to the directive and are already set to wind down.

Public health emergency for mpox officially ends

The Biden administration announced in December that it was not expecting to renew the public health emergency for mpox, previously referred to as monkeypox, that was first declared in August 2022.