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News Articles: public health emergency

An electron microscopic image of mpox virus particles. The mpox emergency of last summer is over. Was it a passing threat? Or is there reason to believe another global outbreak could happen.

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  • Global Health

The doctor who warned the world of the mpox outbreak of 2022 is still worried

Is the mpox emergency over or is there still cause for concern? Numbers are down, but some specialists are still concerned about the likelihood of another outbreak.

July 07, 2023
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By:
  • Max Barnhart
Miguel Lerma, right, with his grandparents who raised him, Jose and Virginia Aldaco.

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  • Health

Pandemic hits 'stop button,' but for some life is forever changed

NPR talked to hundreds of people over the course of the pandemic. As the emergency declaration ends on May 11, we asked some of them for their reflections on the past three tumultuous years.

May 11, 2023
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin,
  • Pien Huang,
  • and 1 more
Facing public pressure, federal regulators have decided to let patients receive prescriptions for controlled substances via telehealth for at least another six months.

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  • Health

The pandemic-era rule that lets you get telehealth prescriptions just got extended

Telehealth flourished during the pandemic thanks to relaxed rules that allowed prescribing without an in-person visit. Federal officials have decided to keep that in place for the time being.

May 10, 2023
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By:
  • Yuki Noguchi
The U.S. public health emergency declaration helped marshal resources during the worst of the COVID-19 crisis, when the virus was spreading rampantly. This week, the declaring expires.

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  • Health

The COVID public health emergency ends this week. Here's what's changing

Three years ago, the emergency declaration enabled certain tools for fighting the pandemic and protecting Americans. Now that it's expiring, here's what is changing — and what's not.

May 09, 2023
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
On Friday, World Health Organization director general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated: "With great hope, I declare COVID-19 over as a global health emergency."

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  • Global Health

WHO ends global health emergency declaration for COVID-19

The World Health Organization today lifted its Public Health Emergency of International Concern for COVID-19. That declaration went into effect three years ago on Jan. 30, 2020.

May 05, 2023
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By:
  • Giulia Heyward and
  • Marc Silver
Wide Shot of Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, Georgia

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  • Health

Georgia lawmakers concerned over looming Medicaid redeterminations

Democratic lawmakers in the Georgia House held an informal hearing last week on how to manage the end of a temporary federal policy that kept over 2 million people in Georgia on Medicaid since the start of the pandemic. 

March 20, 2023
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
A physician assistant prepares a syringe with the Mpox vaccine for a patient at a vaccination clinic in New York on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022.

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  • Health Care

Mpox cases in Georgia drop; CDC ends public health emergency

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

February 01, 2023
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
hospital image

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  • Health Care

Millions of adults and children will likely be re-evaluated for Medicaid eligibility in 2023

An expected end to the federal COVID-19 public health emergency next year means low-income Georgians should prepare for Medicaid evaluations, says the Georgia Department of Public Health

December 31, 2022
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
Khloe Tinker, 5, is measured ahead of an appointment at the Doniphan Family Clinic in Doniphan, Missouri. The clinic is the only source for specialized pediatric care in its rural Ozark county.

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  • Health

Why pediatricians are worried about the end of the federal COVID emergency

In the pandemic, the government allowed millions of children to stay on Medicaid — no need to have an adult re-enroll them every year. But that may end soon, and many kids could lose their coverage.

October 26, 2022
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By:
  • Sebastian Martinez Valdivia
An emergency declaration frees up resources to help fight the monkeypox outbreak. There are currently more than 6,600 cases in the U.S.

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  • Health

White House declares monkeypox a public health emergency

Declaring a public health emergency can free up resources to help the administration respond to the monkeypox outbreak. So far more than 6,000 people in the U.S. have been infected.

August 04, 2022
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By:
  • Will Stone and
  • Jane Greenhalgh
A man wearing a face mask to curb the spread of coronavirus walks past a health campaign poster in the Westminster underground train station, in London.

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  • Health

COVID remains a public health emergency for now, the WHO and Biden administration say

The WHO and the Biden administration extended the public health emergency for COVID-19, saying the virus is still considered a serious health threat.

April 14, 2022
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Gov. Brian Kemp declares public health emergency at a press conference on March 14.

Kemp Declares Unprecedented Public Health Emergency in Georgia

The declaration is the first in Georgia history and comes after the largest increase of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in a 24-hour period to date. Cases...

March 14, 2020
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By:
  • Blis Savidge

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