What the end of the covid public health emergency means for you

The ending of the public health emergency won’t affect products, including coronavirus vaccines, treatments and tests, that have been cleared under the Food and Drug Administration’s emergency use authorizations, which allow the agency to authorize medical products more quickly than under the traditional approval process. In addition, the agency’s ability to use emergency authorizations in the future won’t be affected, including for a retooled coronavirus vaccine that’s likely to be used in the fall. The agency’s emergency use authorization is tied to a separate emergency declaration (section 564 of the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act), which is not expiring.