U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters recently joined more than a dozen colleagues in introducing the federal COVID-19 Racial and Ethnic Disparities Task Force Act to create an interagency task force to identify and address racial and ethnic disparities leading to the devastatingly unequal impact of COVID-19 on communities of color. The legislation also calls for a report to Congress on structural inequalities preceding the COVID-19 pandemic and a permanent Task Force on Infectious Disease Racial and Ethnic Disparities focused on the healthcare system and improving the response to