The Biden White House announced Wednesday that it is extending the COVID public health emergency for another 90 days following increased cases of the latest subvariant.

The announcement extends the public health emergency into April, marking the twelfth extension since it was first set in place by then-President Donald Trump in 2020, allowing millions of Americans to remain eligible for Medicaid benefits.

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra has committed to giving state leaders and healthcare executives a 60-day notice before allowing the action to expire.

Millions of Americans could lose health insurance under Medicaid when the extension expires. Enrollment has increased by an additional 24 million Americans since the start of the policy. The Daily Wire previously reported that Medicaid enrollment is expected to hit the 100 million mark soon, according to a recent report.

The renewal occurs as subvariant XBB.1.5 comprises more than 70% of COVID cases in the Northeast and 28% nationwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). As of January 4, an average of 67,000 daily positive cases were recorded, with 390 COVID-related daily deaths.

The CDC’s COVID-19 Integrated County View for reporting shows that nearly 75% of the nation’s counties are considered at high risk for community transmission.

The increased coronavirus, flu, and RSV cases have led to a growing number of schools and other locations returning to masking. The Ann Arbor Public School system in Michigan reintroduced a two-week mask mandate from January 9-20 following increased illnesses in December.

“During this time of return from travel and social activities, the requirement of masks while indoors at school is a measure to reduce the spread of respiratory illnesses and related absenteeism and to prioritize health and in school learning, particularly at this transition time following winter break,” Superintendent Jeanice Swift wrote.

Some schools in Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania have also returned to required indoor mask-wearing.

Other school systems, such as Chicago Public Schools, asked students and staff to test themselves for COVID before returning to school.

Popular Sirius XM podcast host Megyn Kelly laid into Prince Harry and Meghan Markle over his newly-released memoir, “Spare,” which hit shelves in bookstores worldwide on Tuesday.

Kelly, who has often made it clear that she is not a fan of the royal ex-pats, laid out a series of things she believed that Harry and Meghan had done wrong — and for which they probably owed a few people apologies.

.@MegynKelly explains to Prince Harry exactly what he and Meghan Markle should be apologizing for. Watch the FULL clip ➡: https://t.co/VxUkCpL5Bx pic.twitter.com/eKIaZXsYs8

— The Megyn Kelly Show (@MegynKellyShow) January 11, 2023

“Here’s just a couple, off the top of my head, all right?” Kelly began, clearly taking on that responsibility herself.

“Your wife’s a bully,” Kelly asserted, going on to cite reports from people who had worked closely with Markle and had said that she was emotionally abusive to staffers. A palace aide said that the then-Duchess of Sussex’s behavior was “more like emotional cruelty and manipulation, which I guess could also be called bullying.”

The reports were so pervasive that Buckingham Palace eventually opened an investigation into the allegations — but once the investigation was completed in June of 2022, the results were kept private. According to royal author Katie Nicholl, the main reason was that the Queen “didn’t want any more drama.”

“One of the other people that she apparently made cry was Princess Kate,” Kelly continued. “She told Oprah that Kate made her cry, but we now know from your own book, Harry, that it was Meghan calling Kate ‘a baby brain, it’s your baby brain’ after she gave birth to her third child. That has a tendency to make people not like you, when you have the nerve to comment on their hormones after they just had a baby when you barely know them.”

Kelly went on to call Markle “a brat,” saying that she had caused a scene when she didn’t get to have the tiara that she wanted, among other issues. She also addressed the fact that Markle had appeared to cut people out of her life — her own family members — after they supported her on her way to the top.

Kelly then redirected her attack to Harry, criticizing him for complaining about how he and Markle were covered in the press.

“Forget the lawsuits, though, it’s your whiny statements about the nasty press,” Kelly said, breaking into a fake tearful voice as she continued. “You don’t think George Clooney’s had negative things written about him? Tom Cruise never had negative things written about — he doesn’t use his speeches or his media appearances to whine about the mean media they say the things that aren’t true — we’re sick of it! Shut up about your negative press coverage.”