August 3 is the final day that health providers can order vaccine from the federal government through the traditional system.

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In an update on the next steps with COVID-19 vaccines, the Department of Health and Human Services said that August 3 is the final day that health providers can order vaccine from the federal government through the traditional system. After that, the new monovalent (one-strain) vaccine that targets the XBB.1.15 Omicron subvariant will be available through the commercial market.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), however, will offer access to COVID-19 vaccine for uninsured adults through the temporary bridge access program and for uninsured children through the existing Vaccines for Children program.

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Mandy Cohen, MD, MPH, was sworn in yesterday as the CDC's new director. Cohen is the CDC's 20th director and was appointed to the post by President Joe Biden on June 16. Cohen is an internal medicine doctor and North Carolina's former health secretary.

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