The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced the conclusion of the federal COVID-19 public health emergency in mid-May. This change slightly limits the data reporting of COVID-19 cases, and insurance providers are no longer required to cover COVID-19 testing, though telehealth flexibilities and access to vaccine and treatments will remain. 

The Department of Health and Human Services reports that COVID-19 deaths have declined by 95 percent since January 2021, and hospitalizations are down nearly 91 percent. Even so, people are still catching COVID-19 and, according to 2022 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, around one-fifth of them will develop symptoms of long COVID. 

Sara Martin

Sara Martin