On April 15, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra issued a renewal of the public health emergency put in place due to COVID-19. As described in the declaration, Mr. Becerra renewed, effective April 21, 2021, the determination by former Secretary Alex Azar that a public health emergency exists and has existed nationwide since January 27, 2020.
PBS [2/21] - Since 2000, 1.1 million people have fatally overdosed in the United States. According to a national survey conducted by the RAND Corporation, 42 percent of U.S. adults said they have know
CDC [2/15] - According to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), between January 2020 and December 2022, the percentage of overdose deaths with evidence of smoking