public health emergency

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.

The formal end of the national public health emergency is largely a symbolic of the country’s formal emergence from the COVID-19 pandemic. But behind the scenes, several core aspects of America’s safety net also coming to a close,

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.

The action by the World Health Organization doesn’t mean much for the average person. Health officials say the virus isn’t going anywhere and advise people to get vaccinated.

The pandemic gave federal officials expanded power to access crucial data about the spread of COVID-19, but that authority will change when the public health emergency sunsets in May.

A University of Florida epidemiologist updates us on the vaccine, side affects, who's paying for it and the latest forecast for subvariants.

The proposal, passed by the House Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee, comes after a statewide public health emergency lasted for more than a year in 2020 and 2021 because of the COVID pandemic.

Hundreds of thousands of Floridians stand to lose Medicaid after a provision that allowed for continuous enrollment in the program ended Saturday. The program began at the start of the pandemic.

Now that pandemic protections are expiring, millions of Floridians will have to reapply for Medicaid and some could lose coverage. But families don't have to go through the process alone.

Medicaid provisions and the COVID-19 public health emergency will soon be coming to an end. So is the pandemic over?