
From Pandemic to Endemic: Legislative Oversight and Termination of Public Health Emergencies
Law & Policy InsightsPublic Health AuthorityLegislation and Legal ChallengesEmergency ResponseAs we enter the third year of COVID-19, we are seeing the transition from a pandemic to an endemic. With this shift comes the staged termination of public health emergency measures used to respond to COVID-19 and its variants. Unknown is how our existing legal framework will bring about the end of the pandemic measures consistent with appropriate oversight by legislative and executive branches. New Mexico provides one example of what this transition might look like.