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Walgreens pharmacists are walking off the job to protest working conditions

by Henry Epp
Oct 11, 2023
Retail pharmacists deal with understaffing and burnout as their job responsibilities expand beyond dispensing medication.
The role and duties of pharmacists have only expanded throughout the pandemic.
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Biotech sector still hot despite cooling economy

by Lesley McClurg
Dec 27, 2022
The pandemic led to an explosion of interest in and funding of biotech. That continues even as many sectors slow and recession fears grow.
A sign on Oyster Point Boulevard calls South San Francisco the birthplace of biotech.
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At this point in the pandemic, will there be a market for the Novavax vaccine?

by Kristin Schwab
Jun 8, 2022
The anti-COVID shot passes muster with FDA advisers. It was developed with traditional technology, which might boost trust.
Experts recommended that the FDA approve Novavax's new COVID vaccine, which was created with more traditional technology than the methods used by Pfizer and Moderna.
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BioNTech to ship mobile vaccine factories to developing countries

by Savannah Maher
Feb 17, 2022
The aim: Making access to the company's COVID vaccine more equitable.
BioNTech says it's first set of modular vaccine kits will be heading to Africa later this year.
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Quebec, suffering Canada's highest COVID deaths, will tax the unvaccinated

by Lily Jamali
Jan 14, 2022
Strains on ICUs across the province are behind the provincial government's decision.
A nurse prepares a COVID-19 vaccine in Montreal, Quebec. The province is planning to impose a tax on the unvaccinated.
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How much does the delta variant threaten the economic recovery?

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jul 30, 2021
Delta could slow the economy in two main ways: Governments could restrict consumers — again — or consumers could restrict themselves.
Traders wear face masks at the New York Stock Exchange. The contagiousness of the delta coronavirus variant could restrain consumer spending.
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Washington apple farmer is "optimistic" as workers get vaccinated

by Kai Ryssdal , Andie Corban and Minju Park
Mar 19, 2021
“They are on the front lines of the food production industry in this country," said Patrick Smith, who runs Loftus Ranches.
"I’m really hopeful that when we get to our harvest season, globally, things are really looking up," says Patrick Smith, whose family runs Loftus Ranches, an apple and hops farm in Yakima, Washington.
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Indian drugmaker says U.S. is hoarding vaccine ingredients

by Scott Tong
Mar 9, 2021
The CEO of the Serum Institute of India said American raw materials are running out due to Biden administration policy.
The CEO of the Serum Institute of India said at a panel last Thursday that American raw materials are running out. Pictured: A Serum Institute employee works on an assembly line for the AstraZeneca vaccine.
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Retail pharmacy chains will face challenges for vaccine rollout

by Marielle Segarra
Jan 5, 2021
Pharmacies like CVS and Walgreens have to consider storage requirements, more staffing and store layout for vaccine distribution.
A CVS pharmacist administers a COVID-19 vaccine to a nurse at a senior living facility in Kirkland, Washington.
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CDC "vulnerability index" can help states determine distribution of COVID-19 vaccines

by Justin Ho
Dec 15, 2020
The CDC's index weighs factors like a community’s poverty level, racial breakdown and housing.
Vials in boxes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant in Kalamazoo, Mich., on Dec. 13, 2020.
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