<p><img src="https://static5.businessinsider.com/image/5c13cbd72a5b7412eb4e0b07-1778/pills-2 2.jpg" border="0" alt="Pills 2 (2)" data-mce-source="Hollis Johnson/Business Insider"></p><p></p><bi-shortcode id="summary-shortcode" data-type="summary-shortcode" class="mceNonEditable" contenteditable="false">Summary List Placement</bi-shortcode><p>Hello, </p><p>Today's the day! Join Megan Hernbroth and a group of healthcare VCs <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/business-insider-webinar-on-the-future-of-healthcare-2021-1">for a discussion about the future of digital health, biotech, and startups</a> at 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT. I can't wait!</p><p>Also today in healthcare news: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-black-latino-poc-are-getting-fewer-covid-19-vaccines-2021-2">Ways to fix the inequities in vaccine distribution</a>, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-northwell-health-is-striking-deals-big-employers-whole-foods-2021-2">Northwell's plan to work more directly with companies like Whole Foods,</a> and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/dna-sequencings-future-lies-in-personalized-drugs-not-consumer-genomics-2021-2">how the future of sequencing companies like 23andMe is shaking out.</a></p><hr><h3><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-black-latino-poc-are-getting-fewer-covid-19-vaccines-2021-2"><img src="https://static3.businessinsider.com/image/6021611ccca90200129b6fc8-2400/GettyImages-1231007653.jpg" border="0" alt="coronavirus vaccine distribution" data-mce-source="Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images" data-mce-caption="A group of people show off their coronavirus vaccine record cards on February 6, 2021."></a></h3><h3><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-black-latino-poc-are-getting-fewer-covid-19-vaccines-2021-2">White Americans are getting more than their fair share of COVID-19 shotsbut there are ways to fix the inequity</a></h3><ul><li>Black and brown Americans are receiving fewer COVID-19 vaccine jabs, despite dying at higher rates.</li><li>US health systems must fund better outreach and education in communities of color, experts say.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-black-latino-poc-are-getting-fewer-covid-19-vaccines-2021-2">In healthcare deserts, more mobile clinics could help residents get vaccines. </a></li></ul><p><strong><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-black-latino-poc-are-getting-fewer-covid-19-vaccines-2021-2">Read the full story from Hilary Brueck, Shelby Livingston, and Allana Akhtar here>></a></strong></p><hr><h3><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-northwell-health-is-striking-deals-big-employers-whole-foods-2021-2"><img src="https://static6.businessinsider.com/image/601cbac919cbd800188afdf7-2400/Northwell-JetBlueTesting.jpeg" border="0" alt="Northwell JetBlueTesting" data-mce-source="Northwell Health" data-mce-caption="Northwell Direct, a new venture from Northwell Health, provides COVID-19 testing to JetBlue Airways employees."></a></h3><h3><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-northwell-health-is-striking-deals-big-employers-whole-foods-2021-2">New York's largest hospital system is bypassing health insurers to work directly with big companies like Amazon's grocery chainand it could reshape the way workers get healthcare</a></h3><ul><li>Northwell Health, New York's biggest health system, has launched a venture called Northwell Direct.</li><li>It's partnering directly with big employers like Amazon-owned Whole Foods to keep their employees healthy.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-northwell-health-is-striking-deals-big-employers-whole-foods-2021-2">Northwell expects the pandemic to drive more partnerships as employers seek to control health costs.</a></li></ul><p><strong><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-northwell-health-is-striking-deals-big-employers-whole-foods-2021-2">Read the full story from Shelby Livingston here>></a></strong></p><hr><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/dna-sequencings-future-lies-in-personalized-drugs-not-consumer-genomics-2021-2"><strong><img src="https://static1.businessinsider.com/image/5f76055f74fe5b0018a8e838-1778/5d2cad54a17d6c6c1d60aad3.jpeg" border="0" alt="DNA Testing 23andMe" data-mce-source="Hollis Johnson/Business Insider"></strong></a></p><h3><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/dna-sequencings-future-lies-in-personalized-drugs-not-consumer-genomics-2021-2"><strong>We're only 'just scratching the surface' on companies like 23andMe that map out our DNA. One analyst lays out what could take the industry to the next level.</strong></a></h3><ul><li>A CB Insights report on Thursday said the 23andMe SPAC has just scratched the surface of genomic sequencing's growth potential in 2021.</li><li>Funding for all sequencing startups, including DNA, proteins, and metabolites, hit a record high in the final quarter of 2020.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/dna-sequencings-future-lies-in-personalized-drugs-not-consumer-genomics-2021-2">With the personal DNA testing market waning, industry growth will largely be through healthcare partnerships and drug development.</a></li></ul><p><strong><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/dna-sequencings-future-lies-in-personalized-drugs-not-consumer-genomics-2021-2">Read the full story from Patricia Kelly Yeo here>></a></strong></p><hr><p><strong>More stories we're reading:</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/whats-its-like-to-administer-covid-19-shots-vaccinators-2021-2">Vaccinators describe what it's really like to administer COVID-19 vaccines: 'I've never seen so many people happy to get a shot'</a> (Insider)</li><li><a href="https://komonews.com/news/local/wsha-hundreds-of-thousands-of-counterfeit-n95-masks-purchased-by-washington-hospitals">Hundreds of thousands of counterfeit N95 masks were purchased by Washington hospitals</a> (KOMO News)</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/highly-contagious-variant-found-in-uk-could-get-a-foothold-in-florida-following-super-bowl-2021-2">An epidemiologist is concerned that a highly contagious coronavirus variant could get a foothold in Florida thanks to the Super Bow</a>l (Insider)</li><li><a href="https://www.statnews.com/2021/02/09/atul-gawande-haven-experience-covid-19-response/">Dr. Atul Gawande's experience with Haven is shaping how he works to respond to the pandemic</a> (Stat News) </li></ul><hr><p>- Lydia</p><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/these-are-business-insiders-biggest-healthcare-stories-for-february-10-2021-2#comments">Join the conversation about this story »</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-its-like-to-do-your-own-taxes-for-the-very-first-time-2018-2">July 15 is Tax Dayhere's what it's like to do your own taxes for the very first time</a></p>
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