{
  "question": "Was today a public health emergency?",
  "url": "https://was.today/a-public-health-emergency",
  "verdict": "no",
  "headline": "NO",
  "answer": "No — no public health emergency was declared today; the nearest live ones date from October 13 for Florida and Alabama.",
  "details": [
    "HHS declared PHEs for Florida and Alabama on Oct 13, 2026",
    "Those cover Hurricane Isaias, retroactive to Oct 6-7",
    "Ohio's measles outbreak: 252 cases in 23 counties this year"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Nager.Date public holidays (US)",
      "url": "https://date.nager.at/PublicHoliday/Country/US"
    },
    {
      "title": "HHS.gov",
      "url": "https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/hhs-declares-public-health-emergencies-florida-alabama-hurricane-isaias.html"
    },
    {
      "title": "GOV.UK",
      "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/outbreaks-under-monitoring-in-2026/outbreaks-under-monitoring-week-42-week-ending-16-october-2026"
    },
    {
      "title": "aspr.gov",
      "url": "https://www.aspr.gov/about/law-policy-strategy/emergency-declarations/declarations-public-health-emergency/alabama-florida-isaias-13oct2026"
    },
    {
      "title": "Wickliffe City",
      "url": "https://cityofwickliffe.com/m/newsflash/home/detail/157"
    },
    {
      "title": "Akron Beacon Journal",
      "url": "https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/healthcare/2026/10/09/medina-county-health-department-reports-1-confirmed-1-probable-measles-case/92173963007/"
    },
    {
      "title": "EpiNews",
      "url": "https://epinews.emphnet.net/en/news/topics-in-focus/growing-vaccine-hesitancy-fuels-measles-chickenpox-resurgence-in-us?dropdown=communicable-diseases"
    },
    {
      "title": "FEDERAL DECLARATION OF A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY",
      "url": "https://sage.cnpereading.com/paragraph/download/?doi=10.1089/bsp.2009.0039#1#2#1"
    }
  ],
  "date": "2026-10-26",
  "place": "OH, United States",
  "permalink": "https://was.today/a-public-health-emergency/2026-10-26/us/oh",
  "scope": "region",
  "volatile": true,
  "generatedAt": "2026-10-26T09:07:38.808Z"
}