On Monday, April 10, 2023, President Biden signed legislation ending the COVID-19 National Emergency immediately. This legislation ends the National Emergency one month earlier than the May 11 date previously announced by the White House and federal regulators. ...
To be clear, continuation of these emergency declarations until May 11 does not impose any restriction at all on individual conduct with regard to COVID-19. They do not impose mask mandates or vaccine mandates. They do not restrict school or business operations. They do not require the use o...
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Medical News in Brief XBB.1.16 Deemed COVID-19 “Variant of Interest” Emily Harris JAMA Now an “established and ongoing health issue,” the COVID-19 pandemic is no longer a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, a title it has held since January 30, 2020, the World Health Org...
On January 30, 2023, the Biden administration announced its intention to make final extensions of both the COVID-19 National Emergency (NE) and the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) through May 11, 2023, at which point both will end. These emergency declarations have been in place for...
On 5 May, the World Health Organization lifted its designation of COVID-19 as a public health emergency of international concern. The abatement of the pandemic represents an extraordinary scientific achievement. However, COVID-19 remains a threat and its
specifically under theopioid public health emergency, once the COVID-19 public health emergency ends. The HHS official says that the agency is “still evaluating” that option, but acknowledged that that would only address concerns for a subset of patients whose medication is impacted by the rule...
Meanwhile, the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients stood at 2,020 with 235 in intensive care units. The emergency epidemic situation was initially declared in Bulgaria on May 14, 2020, for a period of one month, replacing the state of emergency announced on March 13. It has already be...
“Just because the government announced the end of COVID, it doesn’t really mean it’s the end of COVID,” Hoopingarner said. “Things might change at the hospital, depending on the situation.” What will be sticking around? The federa...