Watch: One City's Effort to Raise Vaccination Rates Among Black Residents

About 72% of Americans have received at least one dose of a covid-19 vaccine. During much of the vaccine rollout, Hispanic and Black Americans have been less likely than white Americans to get vaccinated. The gap between white and Hispanic Americans has largely closed, but the vaccination rate for the Black community still lags significantly behind. KHN correspondent Sarah Varney and PBS NewsHour producer Jason Kane report on how Hartford, Connecticut, has tried to close the gap in vaccination rates.

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<h1>Watch: One City’s Effort to Raise Vaccination Rates Among Black Residents</h1>
<div>	<span class="byline">Sarah Varney, KFF Health News and Jason Kane, PBS NewsHour</span>
		<time class="posted-on" datetime="2021-12-23T05:00:00-05:00">
			December 23, 2021		</time>
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<p>About 72% of Americans have received at least one dose of a covid-19 vaccine. During much of the vaccine rollout, Hispanic and Black Americans have been less likely than white Americans to get vaccinated. The gap between white and Hispanic Americans has largely closed, but the vaccination rate for the Black community still lags significantly behind. KHN correspondent Sarah Varney and PBS NewsHour producer Jason Kane report on how Hartford, Connecticut, has tried to close the gap in vaccination rates.</p><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/watch-one-citys-effort-to-raise-vaccination-rates-among-black-residents/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/watch-one-citys-effort-to-raise-vaccination-rates-among-black-residents/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/watch-one-citys-effort-to-raise-vaccination-rates-among-black-residents/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Watch%3A%20One%20City%27s%20Effort%20to%20Raise%20Vaccination%20Rates%20Among%20Black%20Residents&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2FMTQyNTg2MQ&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/watch-one-citys-effort-to-raise-vaccination-rates-among-black-residents/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/watch-one-citys-effort-to-raise-vaccination-rates-among-black-residents/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/watch-one-citys-effort-to-raise-vaccination-rates-among-black-residents/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=1425861&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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