HHS, DOD Will Deliver 25 Million Masks To Disadvantaged Communities

President Joe Biden has directed HHS and the Department of Defense to deliver more than 25 million masks to community health centers and food pantries across the United States to ensure disadvantaged communities have proper protection against COVID-19, the White House announced Wednesday (Feb. 24). The masks will be available beginning in March at more than 1,300 community centers and 60,000 food pantries at no cost to Americans, Jeff Zients, the White House’s COVID-19 response coordinator, said. The mask initiative,...