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COVID-19 Federal Responses: Monday, June 7, 2021

COVID-19 Federal Responses: Monday, June 7, 2021
  • A new survey shows vaccine hesitancy continuing to decline across the globe.
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky is urging parents to vaccinate adolescents as the CDC is finding COVID-19 hospitalizations are rising in teens.
  • Vaccination rates are falling to new lows.

White House and Federal Agencies

  • COVID-19 Medicare spending shows higher financial burdens for rural residents, non-white and male patients.

Economy, Vaccines, Testing and Treatment

  • Global COVID-19 vaccinations reached two billion.
  • A new survey shows vaccine hesitancy continuing to decline across the globe.
  • National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) announced it is awarding five new research grants that will examine barriers to increasing reach, access, and uptake of vaccination among health disparity populations.
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky is urging parents to vaccinate adolescents as the CDC is finding COVID-19 hospitalizations are rising in teens.
  • Vaccination rates are falling to new lows.
  • At only 25%, vaccination rates among Blacks still lag behind that of other racial and ethnic groups.
  • The World Health Organization’s (WHO) COVAX global vaccine initiative has received $2.4 billion in committed funding.

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