The National Community Pharmacists Association is urging Congressional leaders to extend the Paycheck Protection Program to help independent pharmacies who have been on the front lines serving patients amid the pandemic.
The test includes a sterile nasal swab, a dropper, processing fluid, and a Bluetooth-connected analyzer, and works with a free smartphone app that offers instructions and displays the test result.
STChealth and 1health are rolling out an open platform that will provide pharmacists, physicians and patients with an easy to navigate tool to capture vaccination results, reported side effects and immunization reminders.
Meijer’s pharmacists, pharmacy interns and pharmacy technicians are preparing to administer the COVID-19 vaccine once it becomes available in retail and grocery stores.
Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine could be administered to the public as early as Dec. 21, if it wins emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration.
Hy-Vee's full-time pharmacists who administer rapid antigen COVID-19 tests each will receive a $500 bonus, while part-time pharmacists and technicians each will receive a $250 bonus.
With emergency use authorization granted, the companies began shipping vaccines Sunday as leading retailers — and pharmacists as a whole — stand ready to administer the vaccine.
