Public health emergency for mpox officially ends

WHO says Covid-19 remains 'global health emergency'

The Covid-19 pandemic continues to be a "global health emergency" and the deadly virus will remain a "permanently established pathogen" in humans and animals for the foreseeable future, according to the World Health Organisation.

COVID-19 public health emergency set to end, creates changes to many benefits

DELMARVA – For the last 3 years, the United States has been under a ‘Public Health Emergency’ caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s something Dr. James Trumble at TidalHealth Peninsula says became a benefit for health care systems. “It really allowed us to mitigate that push and large volume of patients that without it would’ve been overwhelming,” Dr. Trumble...

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.