The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has renewed the current opioid crisis as a public health emergency (PHE) before the March 21st expiration of the first declaration.
According to HHS’s announcement, the declaration “will allow sustained federal coordination efforts and preserve key flexibilities that enable HHS to continue leveraging expanded authorities to conduct certain activities in response to the opioid overdose crisis.”
Secretary Kennedy said this act is part of his Make America Healthy Again campaign. He stated, “This Administration is going to treat this urgent crisis in American health as the national security emergency that it is.”
The March 18th PHE renewal will last 90 days.
