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Welcome to Insider Healthcare. I'm Lydia Ramsey Pflanzer, and today in healthcare news:
- Interview: CDC Director Rochelle Walensky on the US missing its goal to get 70% of the country vaccinated by July 4;
- Take a look at the presentation Spora Health used to raise $3 million;
- Why experts think vaccine mandates could keep events from getting called off.
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CDC Director Rochelle Walensky.
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
America is missing vaccination goals, and Delta is raging, but it's not because 'anything particularly went wrong,' CDC Director Rochelle Walensky says
- President Joe Biden wanted 70% of eligible Americans vaccinated by July 4.
- It didn't happen.
- CDC Director Rochelle Walensky blamed division and poor funding.
Read the rest of the interview with Insider Editor in Chief Nicholas Carlson>>

Telehealth startup Spora Health arms patients with data about their risk for chronic illnesses.
Spora Health

Spora Health
See the pitch deck that Spora Health used to convince investors to bet $3 million on a new approach to telehealth
- Telehealth startup Spora Health was founded in 2019 to provide better care to Black Americans.
- It hopes to do this by training doctors to be culturally competent, CEO Dan Miller told Insider.
See the presentation that Spora used to raise $3 million in a seed round>>

Festival goers are seen on day one of the Lollapalooza Music Festival on Thursday, July 29, 2021, at Grant Park in Chicago.
Amy Harris/Invision/AP

Amy Harris/Invision/AP
People are bracing for a wave of event cancellations due to the Delta variant. Vaccine mandates could keep organizers from calling everything off.
- Some organizers are cancelling large events, like the New York Auto Show, as COVID-19 cases surge.
- Some other venues are requiring proof of vaccination upon entry.
- Public health experts said vaccine-only events are safer and provide an incentive to get shots.
More stories we're reading:
- 'I Am Legend' screenwriter tells anti-vaxxers the movie is 'not real' to shut down a bizarre meme falsely saying the zombies in the film were sickened by vaccines (Insider)
- One chart details COVID-19 vaccine sales in the US and abroad (Axios)
- Climate scientists want you to know it's not too late (Insider)
- Orthopedic surgeons are making millions on investments in private medical device companies (Kaiser Health News)
- Lydia
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