Becerra Outlines Ways To Ensure Equal Vaccine Distribution

Xavier Becerra told the Senate health committee Tuesday (Feb. 23) that if confirmed as HHS secretary he will aim to collect more comprehensive data and enhance community health efforts to ensure disadvantaged populations receive their share of COVID-19 shots and that all Americans get vaccinated. Becerra told Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) that his past health care work as California attorney general highlighted gaps in the system, and he stressed that certain communities have been overlooked in America’s COVID-19 response. “If...