U.S. adults seeking primary protection against coronavirus now have a fourth option, after Ceners for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky, MD, endorsed the Novavax vaccine on the advice of expert advisers. The Maryland-based manufacturer told CDC that slightly more than 1 million doses of its vaccine have been administered on a global basis as of June 30. The tally is...

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The Biden administration is reminding about 60,000 retail pharmacies that they still must provide abortion pills, birth control and other reproductive care treatments under federal civil rights laws. The guidance (PDF), sent by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Wednesday, comes in response to the Supreme Court decision to overturn a constitutional right to abortion....

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CVS LEAVES NACDS: CVS Health has left the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, according to the poltical newsletter Politico Influence. It's leaving the retail pharmacy trade group without one of the country’s largest drug store chains amid a push to rein in pharmacy benefit managers, the largest of which CVS owns. — “While we have made the decision to...

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The Columbus Dispatch - Powered by Dow Jones· Darrel Rowland | US | June 26, 2022·12:00am After overcoming a communications snafu, the agency that provides health coverage for Ohio's poor and disabled seems on a glide path to throwing out controversial pharmacy benefit managers accused of gouging Ohio taxpayers and pharmacists. But a key question remains: Will those PBMs...

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Walmart Inc (WMT.N) said last week it would increase the average pay of pharmacy workers to more than $20 per hour and offer more frequent and automatic pay raises as part of a new "progressive wage model" to address a tight domestic labor market. The raises by the nation's largest private employer will be offered to more than 36,000 Walmart and Sam's Club pharmacy t...

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