On Feb. 15, 2023, Moderna announced it will continue to offer its COVID-19 vaccines for free, even after the U.S. government officially ends its public health emergency in May. Last month, the Biden administration announced it would end the COVID-19 national and public health emergencies on May 11, more than three years after they were enacted at the start of the pandemic.

Moderna, which was granted an emergency-use authorization for the vaccine in December of 2020, has promised to extend its free COVID-19 vaccines beyond May when those emergencies end.