Lauren Weber - Kaiser Health News
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Black Americans' vaccination rates still trail other groups, while Hispanics show improvement. In Florida, 26% of white people have received a COVID-19 shot, compared with 13% of Blacks.
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A federal program that sends retail pharmacists into nursing homes to vaccinate residents and workers has been hindered by bureaucratic hurdles and scheduling woes.
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Each state and county is left to juggle where to send vaccines first and how to get them to each nursing home, hospital, health department and even school.
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More than eight months into the pandemic, stockpiling of protective equipment by wealthy hospital systems is straining other facilities that need to keep their front-line workers safe.