Moving On from Covid-19: Lessons Learned and Challenges Ahead

The US and WHO have ended their public health emergency declarations for Covid-19, but other critical health challenges such as the opioid crisis and the global spread of poliovirus remain. Public health emergencies are declared to marshal resources and waive rules to ease a crisis. Childhood vaccination rates in the US dropped during the Covid-19 pandemic, and poliovirus remains a public health emergency of international concern due to weak vaccination rates. While no longer under a formal emergency declaration, Covid-19 continues to be part of the "landscape of health threats."