welcome to the department of human services, since like on a good day, end up sitting on hope for a couple of hours trying to speak to a human. the real question is, how has it come about that the government has overpaid people by billions. because really the criminal weiss is occurring at the end of the governance line. it's the government that's doing this. otherwise you're saying 800000 citizens had made mistakes or sets the case and the system is too difficult for people to negotiate. so i'm not taking my fist at technology, it's not digital phone, it's not a computers fault. this system has been designed in a quite explicitly by government governments responsible for its failures and governments really responsible for the hell they're putting all sorts of welfare recipients through unfairly, by assuming them fullstep. this is something i heard from virtually everyone i spoke to that regard. they said we're not against technology, it's not like algorithms are all bad. it's the people and the institutions designing these codes, we can't seem to trust. and this really gets to the heart o

this morning, the department of veteran affairs and the department of health and human services announced new requirements. all 350,000 v.a. health care personnel and all hhs health care personnel must now be fully vaccinated. state and local governments, health care systems, businesses small and large, universities, and other institutions are also stepping up. since last week, washington state, washington, d.c., and seattle have all adopted vaccination requirements. in more than 50 health systems across the country, they have announced all staff need to be vaccinated, bringing the total to more than 200 health systems. in the past 24 hours, amtrak, mcdonald's, nbc-universal, discovery, and capital one all announced new rules that workers must be vaccinated to return to the office. california announced all school teachers and staff in the state be required to be vaccinated or tested weekly. and the nea and aft, two of the largest unions in the country representing 5 million educators and school staff both came out in favor of school districts persimmon covid-19 vaccination policies, inclu

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has not yet been peer reviewed. >>> plus, the delta variant spreads nationwide, the department of health and human servicestaking action. it will require vaccinations for more than 25,000 of its health care workers that directly work with patients. motts of these employees work within the indian health service and the national institute of health. hhs employees will have until the end of september to get vaccinated. exemptions will be allowed for religious or medical reasons. >>> well, father and son from southern california were accused of using fake covid vaccination cards to travel to hawaii. police arrested nor bert and trevor chung sunday at the honolulu airport. police say they broke the state's travel rules. authorities were tipped off by community member. hawaii requires tourists upload proof of their vaccination status to the state's website before they arrive and bring the physical original vaccination card with them. falsifying a vaccination card in hawaii carries a fine of up to $5,000 and possibly a term of prison for up to a year. >>> we went through this here last year, and now there's panic

rachel levine, assistant secretary for health at the department of health and human services. dr. levine, a warm welcome to washington post live. asst. sec. levine: thank you, pleasure to be here. frances: wonderful to have you here when we need to understand so much more. there was a change in guidance this week from cdc resulting from new science about the delta virus including masking for people who are vaccinated. what is the science behind that change? asst. sec. levine: we know and have been discussing for months that the delta variant is different. the delta variant has been shown to be more transmissible. it is at least twice as contagious as previous forms of covid-19 we have seen. approximately two months ago, the delta variant was 1% or 2% of the percentage of covid-19 cases we were seeing in the united states. now it is more than 80% of the cases we are seeing. so, because of this more contagious variant, cdc has changed its guidance, in terms of masking. it is recommending if you live in an area with moderate to high spread, community spread of covid-19, that when you

she's the assistant secretary for health at the department of health and human services. and, dr.e, a very warm welcome to washington post live. >> well, thank you very much. it's a pleasure to be here. >> it's wonderful to have you at a time when we need to understand so much more. there was a change in guidance this week from the cdc resulting from new science about the delta virus including new mask advice even for people who are vaccinated in certain settings. what is the plan behind that change? >> well, so so we know and have been discussing the last number of months that the delta variant is different. the delta variant has been shown to be more transmissable. it is at least twice as contain juice as previous forms -- on the -- contagious, and it was 1-2% of the percentage of covid-19 cases we were seeing in the united states, now it's more than 80% of the cases that we are seeing. but because of this more contagious variant, cdc has changed its guidance in terms of masking, and it is recommending that if you live in an area which has moderate to high spread, community spre

so it's the department of emergency management, the department of public health, and our human servicessing partners, so primarily the department of homelessness and supportive housing and human services agency. so it's sort of a three-headed command in which we are coordinating and operating everything related to covid response. and now, of course, in this final phase, it's mass vaccination. the first year was before the pandemic was extremely busy. the fires, obviously, that both we were able to provide mutual support but also the impact of air quality. we had, in 2018, the worst air quality ten or 11 days here in the city. i'm sure you all remember it, and then, finally, the day the sun didn't come out in san francisco, which was in october. the orange skies, it felt apocalyptic, super scary for people. you know, all of those things, people depend on government to say what's happening. are we safe? what do i do? and that's a lot of what department of emergency management's role is. public service is truly that. it is such an incredible and effective way that we can make change for th

so it's the department of emergency management, the department of public health, and our human servicess, so primarily the department of homelessness and supportive housing and human services agency. so it's sort of a three-headed command in which we are coordinating and operating everything related to covid response. and now, of course, in this final phase, it's mass vaccination. the first year was before the pandemic was extremely busy. the fires, obviously, that both we were able to provide mutual support but also the impact of air quality. we had, in 2018, the worst air quality ten or 11 days here in the city. i'm sure you all remember it, and then, finally, the day the sun didn't come out in san francisco, which was in october. the orange skies, it felt apocalyptic, super scary for people. you know, all of those things, people depend on government to say what's happening. are we safe? what do i do? and that's a lot of what department of emergency management's role is. public service is truly that. it is such an incredible and effective way that we can make change for the most vulne

she is the assistant secretary of health for the department of health and human services. dr. levine, a very warm welcome. >> thank you very much. it is pleasure to be here. >> we need to understand so much more that with the change and guidance this week from the cdc. advice for people who are vaccinated in certain settings. what is the science behind that change? >> we know and have been discussing for the last number of months that the delta variant is different. the delta variant has been shown to be more transmissible. it is at least twice as contagious then previous forms of covid-19 that we have seen. approximately two months ago, the delta variant was 92% of the covid cases. -- was only 2% of the covid cases we are seeing. now it is 80%. now that the more contagious variant, the cdc has changed its guidance in terms of masking. it is recommending that if you live in an area that has moderate to high spread, community spread when you are in public you wear a mask. >> that's the broad picture, but we were wanting to see the data. why the delay? why change the delay witho

the department of health and human services took swift action at fort bliss to address the conditionst department reported. >> so it's been realmmedied tha this is going on that they are having undercooked food and having to wear their underwear inside out. that has been fixed? >> solutions have been designed and implemented. and if in fact there are any shortcomings in what the government does, when those shortcomings are brought to the government's attention or when the government proactively identifies them, because we are vigilant, we will address them swiftly. we are caring for the children. we are no longer expelling the children. we are uniting those children with their families, with their legal sponsors here in the united states, and providing them with a path to asylum or other humanitarian relief as our laws envision. >> i want to ask you about this taped audio that fox news has obtained of you speaking of border patrol agents. you told them if our borders are the first line of defense, we are going to lose. and you also said, this is unsustainable. are we going to lose? is

so it's the department of emergency management, the department of public health, and our human services of homelessness and supportive housing and human services agency. so it's sort of a three-headed command in which we are coordinating and operating everything related to covid response. and now, of course, in this final phase, it's mass vaccination. the first year was before the pandemic was extremely busy. the fires, obviously, that both we were able to provide mutual support but also the impact of air quality. we had, in 2018, the worst air quality ten or 11 days here in the city. i'm sure you all remember it, and then, finally, the day the sun didn't come out in san francisco, which was in october. the orange skies, it felt apocalyptic, super scary for people. you know, all of those things, people depend on government to say what's happening. are we safe? what do i do? and that's a lot of what department of emergency management's role is. public service is truly that. it is such an incredible and effective way that we can make change for the most vulnerable. i spend a lot of my day

department of health and human services. cnn's amara walker is in ft. lauderdale. good to see you and earlier today the governor downplayed the increase of children hospitalized with covid. what can you tell us? >> yeah. this is just a few hours ago at a news conference. governor desantis claiming that the delta variant has had little impact on the children here in florida, but his statements conflicted that. what we're seeing from the department of health and human services that shows that pediatric hospitalizations due to covid-19 in florida is more than four times higher than it was just a month ago. here's ron desantis just a few hours ago talking about how all of this is affecting kids. >> some people, yeah, you hear a lot of stuff. does delta behave differently vis-a-vis kids and never had a minor impact particularly on young kids and the answer is in terms of the hospitalization especially we have not seen any change in that in florida. clearly, we're at the top of a wave here so you're going to see more cases and infections diagnosed. >> all right. so victor

department of health and human services, florida has the most hospitalizations of any state with overws with 14,000 receiving care >>> liberty university in lynchburg, virginia, has ordered a temporary campuswide quarantine starting today due to a spike in covid-19 cases. according to the school's covid-19 dashboard, there were 159 active infections as of saturday 124 of the cases are among students 35 are among faculty and staff so classes have been moved online large indoor gatherings are suspended. now, the university does not require vaccinations the quarantine is scheduled to end september 10th >>> we have a consumer alert to tell you about fratelli beretta is recalling 862,000 pounds of italian meat any pasta, prosciuttos, salami and copa have been linked to a salmonella outbreak. ready-to-eat meat shipped to retailers nationwide they have best-buy dates of august 7th, 2021, through february 11th, 2022. >>> hurricane ida is also wreaking havoc on the energy sector according to the bureau of safety and environmental enforcement, more than 90% of oil production to temporarily shut

and the office of the inspector general, the department of health and human services is invested getting these schemes. next question. >> abc news. >> thanks for taking my question. i want to follow up on a question from last week about the hospitalization rates for unvaccinated versus vaccinated people. 97% of people that were unvaccinated ended up in the hospital. do you have better numbers on the efficacy yet, dr. walensky? >> the 97% was data from june through may. -- through june. we continue to evaluate those. >> next question. let's go to kelly, inside health policy. >> thanks for taking my question. there have been reports from cdc that over a million people have already gotten unauthorized third doses of mrna vaccine. do you know if private insurances and medicare are still covering the administration piece of the struts or are they not recommended currently? >> we're doing an evaluation on that to make sure we understand and we have the capacity to track this and understand the practice. many of these are occurring in the context of people who may be severely immuno come from i

to peak is a moving target with several variables impacting the ascension barritt department of health and human services doctor karen chaebol sun breaks down some of the key factors, for example, schools reopening. >> how will that impact the peak. how will that impact the surge travel. everyone's traveling for vacation for the summer time. and that means you're mixing with people from other parts of the country where there's a lot more covid. there's a lot we can't predict. unfortunately, i'm being asked. a lot of questions. can i have my wedding in september and i go to hawaii in october. and my answer is largely i don't know yet. are. >> 7 day rolling average of cases, 235 so that is going in the direction of what we saw during our fall and winter surge were repeated 373 cases. >> the director of the san francisco department of public health doctor grant colfax while this 4th surge will present challenges. we are in a much better place. >> and we'll have many fewer deaths as a result. >> vaccine coverage. our behavior in the coming weeks will also play a huge role in how bad the peak will be lit. it

department of health and human services, florida has the most hospitalizations of any state with more16,000. texas follows with 14,000. >>> nba legend charles barkley is using his celebrity to urge people to get vaccinated against covid-19 over the weekend, the nba hall of famer made an appearance at a vaccine drive in birmingham, alabama. the event, called get stuck with chuck, featured drive-through and walkup vaccinations. >> even if i said i don't trust it, i don't want the vaccine, i would get it because i would hate to see one of these kids get sick. >> more than 100 people got vaccinated at the event. >>> hollywood is mourning the loss of a legend this morning. ed asner has died at the age of 91 he rose to fame as the boss on the mary tyler moore show. he went on to star in modern classics like pixar's "up" and "elf," nbc's mark barger has a look back at his life. >> you've got spunk. >> well, yes >> i hate spunk! >> reporter: that's how most of america met ed asner the first episode of the mary tyler moore show in 1970 with asner playing the gruff but soft-hearted newsroom bos

command will coordinate the details of all this with the state department, the department of homeland security. and of course, the department of health and human services as necessary. and it'll be providing provided under presidential drawdown authority to the maximum extent possible, with additional support being provided on a reimbursable basis. and as general taylor let you know, we have general van heard the commander of us northern command coming into the briefing room with you later this afternoon. he'll be able to provide a lot more context on that. that will take questions leader probably for the, for the general. the president has said he wants to basically get back at isis. how difficult will it be for the us military to do that type of operation, considering the lower number of troops and the difficulty in getting intelligence on the ground. and then i don't know if this is huge, or can you just talk about the number of people that will be getting process over the next several days? is that number going to gradually go down? do you have a number of people you think you're going to, or what's your full park estimate right on the 1st question

but it was already under president bob in the us department of health and human services in its annual report in march of 2021 boasted about having used its diplomatic muscle to quote, persuading brazil to reject a russian cove at $900.00 vaccine, which it described as a malign influence detrimental to your safety and security. and, you know, i can on some level understand the logic of the, of the american officials. after all, they are not responsible for the house of the brazilian people. they're trying to do what they define to be in the country of interest. but what about those brazilian officials who are charged with protecting public house? is that ok, is it even the legal brazil to succumb to that kind of diplomatic pressure on public health issues or the pooper julio? the brazilian people certainly want the russian vaccine for good afternoon. i feel the national congress has passed a decision that if the russian vaccine is approved by other countries with can be approved in brazil. they have to view the brazilian health regulatory agency. and visa has determined many demands an

workers, the armed forces, and healthcare personnel at both the department of veterans affairs and the department of health and human services. and just last week, the president announced that nursing homes serving residents covered by medicare and medicaid will be required to have vaccinated staff. yesterday, after a thorough, independent, and rigorous scientific review process, the fda gave full and final approval to the pfizer vaccine, reaffirming its findings that the vaccine is safe and effective. as dr. murthy will discuss, this is a key milestone that will help get more shots in arms. we know that there are americans who have been waiting for the fda process to be completed before getting a shot. for those americans, the wait is over. now is the time to join the more than 200 million americans who have already rolled up their sleeve and gotten vaccinated. it's free, it's easy, and it's never been more important to protect yourself, your loved ones, and your community. it's not just individuals; institutions must step up too, and many are. in just the past 24 hours, cvs, chevron, texas instruments, ochsner that's a hea

to peak is a moving target with several variables impacting the ascension barritt department of health and human services doctor karen j wilson breaks down some of the key factors, for example, schools reopening. >> how will that impact the peak. how will that impact the surge travel. everyone's traveling for vacation for the summer time. and that means you're mixing with people from other parts of the country where there's a lot more covid. there's a lot we can't predict. unfortunately, i'm being asked. a lot of questions. can i have my wedding in september and i go to hawaii in october. and my answer is largely i don't know yet. our behavior in the coming weeks will also play a huge role in how bad the peak will be lit. it arrives. don't gather with people. if you don't know if you're sick or not. if you don't feel well, stay home health officials advise if you are not feeling will to go get tested the doctor say wilson says above all else. if you haven't done so already. >> get vaccinated first and foremost, go get your vaccine. that's going to take a couple to reduce the number of people who get sick

department of health and human services. . thank you for joining us. rly, america is leadinthe world when it comes to donating vaccines, but it will take more than 11 billion doses to vaccinate 70% of the world. where are the rest of those vaccines going to come from? >> we are hopeful that they will me from us as well as other countries who have made these commitments. as the president announced, we are at 100 alien and -- 100 million and counting. there are hundreds of millions more going into next year. the g-7 countries also made an additional commitment to share vaccines up to one billion into next year, but we know it will take more and we know the u.s. is committed to sharing surplus doses. laura: president biden has called on americans who have not been vaccinated to get the job today. -- jab today. how does that contrast strike you as you are trying to get people around the world vaccines who desperately want them? >> it's an interesting contrast for sure. we know vaccines work though this is the message we are sharing at home. we still have wo

one in 5 new cobra cases with hospitalizations hitting a new high according to the department of health and human services, more than 10000 people a currently being treated here. many of the younger than seen before. despite those staggering numbers, the states governor is refusing to mandate mask orders or allow local officials to put restrictions in place to prevent the spread of coven 19. there'll be no restrictions and no mandate and the state of florida. wow, meridian has been are, and will remain free to choose what's best for themselves and their families. in stark contrast, officials in san francisco announced a new mask mandate regardless of the vaccination status, louisiana to as reinstated it's mask mandate effective from wednesday. but despite the di warnings, large events are still being held across the us. officials say another round of tight restrictions is unlikely, with only around half the adult population fully vaccinated the course to increase the number a growing while vaccinated people can spread the virus. if they get a break through infection, the odds of them getting sick in the 1

howard co at the department of health and human services. good to see you.or being with us again today. i want to ask you about a louisiana headline that we've seen more than 3,000 louisiana children have tested positive for covid-19 in just four days. can you tell me given that children under 12 can't get vaccinated, what the danger of young children contracting covid is. is there a danger that they can die from it? >> yes, there is, ali. and it's into this pandemic response. we are at a critical crossroads. on one hand 50% of the population fully vaccinated. and on the other hand 90 million americans who have declined vaccinations so far and the choice of some adults to decline vaccinations has endangered kids who, if they're under 12, don't have that choice. that headline, ali, is reflecting the reality we're seeing right now. kids are vulnerable. they can get covid and can get very ill. we had 400 deaths in the country so far. they can get covid and other complications from the disease. kids being held out of school and trying to learn online and being s

s. department of health and human services is recommending the boosters for those who've taken both doses of either the madana or the pfizer by on tech vaccinations at least 8 months ago. it will be offered to health workers and the elderly 1st life now to washington. and my colleague that my kind of so mike, for people at the c, d. c and the biden administration is the worry here that after 8 months, the efficacy of that 2nd booster does begin to wayne perhaps here as well. there has been a briefing by the cobra joint task force and they released 3 studies that have been undertaken by the cdc in recent weeks, which indicate very strongly that the efficacy of the various vaccines has dropped significantly. this is partly an issue of time, but also say the reports a result of the incredible strength of the delta variance. in some cases, the efficacy of the via the vaccine. for example, the fire of exceed has dropped from some 76 percent to roughly 46 percent. although the study stress that this is different in many areas, it's no common trend that one is seeing. so the recommendation now i

the department of health and human services says thanks to some new federal laws, covid-19 testing ise to anyone in the u.s., including the uninsured. but that doesn't mean all tests are free. if you get a bill, i'll show you how to fight it. these rules do not force insurance to cover tests that your job or school require. the kaiser family foundation says that means some patients with health coverage may nonetheless receive bills for covid-19 diagnostic testing. if you have to take a test to go to your job, ask your boss if they've designate add free testing site. ask. otherwise, ask your public health office where the closest free site is. if you're feeling sick it needs to be ordered by a licensed health care provider. what does that mean for you? call your health plan and ask. find out what's covered, what's not, what works, and have them recommend a place where the full cost is included in your come. at-home tests are an option, but before you buy one, ask wes. one company says it will only cover the cost if an authorized health care provider orders the test. call your health pl

federal department of health and human services say all of its employees have to be vaccinated. san francisco's mayor today announced some of the nation's toughest restrictions, barring the unvaccinated from a number of indoor settings, including bars, restaurants gyms and large events. today's supreme court justice shot down the first legal challenge against vaccine requirements. justice amy coney barrett refused to block a requirement by indiana university that all their incoming students must be vaccinated. there is new reaction tonight from the video we showed you last evening of protesters threatening health care workers in franklin, tennessee, after that school board meeting on mask mandates. >> wow we know we need -- >> you can leave freely but we will find you, we know where you live. we know who you are. you will never going to be [inaudible] . >> an extremely ugly scene in franklin, tennessee, it turns out the president was among those who saw that video and today he called out those protesters. >> our health care workers are heroes. they were the heroes when there was

but a positive step forward also wanted to know that today the department of health and human services secretary, have you ever sarah announced $85000000.00 and funding to improve mental health services for our nation's children and youth? which is, of course, a priority for the buy inherited ministration. as a part of our push to get kids back to school safely and address the impact of the pandemic on them. specifically, he announced the health resources and services administration is making $24.00 awards totaling $10700000.00 and funds from the president's american rescue plan to expand pediatric mental health care access by integrating health services. for example, actions like technical assistance for pediatric care providers to diagnose, treat, and refer children and youth as mental health conditions and substance youth disorders. and this will also the substance abuse and mental health services. ministration is also granting $29.00 awards totaling $74100000.00 to enhance mental health services, mental health services for school aged youth. so as an example of that project aware w

loyce pace, directorfor the office of global affairs at the us department of health and human services they will come from us as well as other countries who have made these commitments, and so is the president announced we are at 100 million and counting, there are hundreds and millions more, in fact, coming the remainder of this year and going into next year. as you are aware the g7 countries also made an additional commitment to share vaccines, up to1 billion going into next year but we know that it is going to take more and don't know that the us is committed to sharing its simplest doses as they come online at. we are working directly with countries as well as regional partners but importantly, aligning ourselves with the covax facility and so this collaboration that is really a co—ordination across the world health organization, unicef and others is really helpful to us because they also have mapped where the greatest needs are around the world, they been working directly with governments to understand what their vaccination plans are. obviously our agency like the centres for dis

department of health and human services is doing the same for its 25,000 employees. and san francisco starting next week will become the first u.s. city to require anyone going inside businesses to prove they have been fully vaccinated. >> here's the bottom line-- through vaccination requirements, employers have the pa >> reporter: that's especially important in florida, which has broken a record for covid hospitalizations every day for more than a week. miami's jackson health system is looking to hire nearly 100 more nurses. >> it's relatively easy to create more space for beds. it's not as easy to create aditional capacity with staffing. and everybody's really vying for the same, you know, pool of resources. >> reporter: mississippi has also broken a record for hospitalizations, and has run out of i.c.u. beds. one hospital has cleared out a floor of its parking garage to build a makeshift unit expected to open tomorrow. then there's kathryn sherman, an i.c.u. nurse in nashville. >> i'm really, really, really angry, all the time, because people are dying who don't n

department of health and human services. 23,000 of those are in icu beds. earlier, i spoke with a cardiologist about how to get vaccine skeptics on board with getting the shot even after the pfizer bio tech vaccine gets full approval. >> we have a lot of work to do. there's too many people. we need to get everyone either vaccinated or prior covid that would provide some immunity. we have a long way to go to get the delta immunity built for the united states. >> and, doctor, the fda is waiting for the necessary data it needs from pfizer so authorize the vaccination of kids under 12. they probably won't be able to get access to the shots until the end of fall or perhaps the beginning of winter. yet the governors of florida, texas, and arizona refuse to mandate masks in schools leaving the kids vulnerable and former fda chief said it could be a -- do you share his concerns? do you think the governors are willing to expose their kids and families to possible infection? >> you're bringing a critical point up, rosemary. the past week was the first week after many