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The Biden administration is extending the public health emergency. Here's what that means.

by Samantha Fields

May 17, 2022

The original declaration of January 2020 changed the health care landscape.

COVID tests and vaccines are free of charge as a result of the public health emergency declaration in 2020.

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As emergency declarations abound, how are resources doled out?

by Andy Uhler

Jun 2, 2020

Money is allocated differently depending on the type of disaster declaration and who is declaring it.

Virus testing tents set up in the garage of Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Massachusetts.

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