So The Public Health Emergency Is Over. Now What?

In January, US President Joe Biden announced that the COVID-19 public health emergency will expire in May. Dr. David Feldman, chief medical officer at The Doctors Company, spoke to Medtech Insight about what the official end of the emergency means for average Americans.

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More than three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the public health emergency (PHE) is finally ending. The first PHE was declared in early 2020, and it’s been renewed every 90 days since. However, President Joe Biden recently announced that the current PHE – scheduled to expire 11 May – will not be extended.

Biden’s decision means the administration believes the pandemic has moved to the endemic stage, similar to the seasonal flu, a...

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