U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, right, responds to a question following a briefing from officials at the Clark County Fire Department Training Facility in Las Vegas on Thursday, July 22, 2021. Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak listens at left. (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP)

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In Las Vegas, U.S. health secretary implores the unvaccinated to get shots

"If you are dying today in America from COVID, it's because essentially you're unvaccinated."

• By By Michelle L. Price Associated Press
• July 22, 2021