Nation US investing $3.2B to develop treatments; vaccination rates slow: Live COVID-19 updates June 17, 2021June 17, 2021 Elinor Aspegren and John Bacon, USA TODAY Comments Off on US investing $3.2B to develop treatments; vaccination rates slow: Live COVID-19 updates The United States is devoting $3.2 billion to advance development of antiviral treatments for COVID-19, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Thursday.