• President Joe Biden recently claimed the “pandemic is over,” but the extension of the public health emergency indicates the administration does not believe the U.S. is out of the woods yet.
• The public health emergency, first declared in January 2020 by the Trump administration, has been renewed every 90 days since the pandemic began.
• The powers activated by the emergency declaration have had a vast impact on the U.S. health-care system and social safety net.

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