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Tag: Biden Administration healthcare
Federal Vaccine Equity Initiative Seeks to Bridge Health Disparities in Pandemic Response
The enduring challenge of ensuring equitable vaccine distribution across the United States has once again come to the forefront with the Biden Administration’s announcement of a federal initiative aimed explicitly at redressing disparities in COVID-19 vaccination rates among historically underserved communities. While overall vaccination coverage has climbed steadily since the first vaccines received Emergency Use Authorization in late 2020, significant gaps persist along lines of race, income, geography, and disability status. According to NPR, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that, as of May 2025, Black and Hispanic adults remain approximately 15 percent less likely to have received at least one COVID-19 booster dose compared to their White counterparts—a disparity starkly mirrored in rural regions and low-income urban neighborhoods .