GOUVERNEUR, N.Y. – Despite widespread delays in vaccine shipments across the nation, Kinney Drugs has confirmed that all its weekend COVID-19 second dose clinics will be held as scheduled: Saturday 2/20 – Lyons Community Center, Lyons, N.Y. Saturday 2/20 and Sunday 2/21 – Jefferson Community College, Watertown, N.Y. Sunday 2/21 – OnCenter, Syracuse, N.Y. Sunday
CINCINNATI — Kroger Health has introduced its new vaccine scheduling tool, said to make it easy and efficient to book COVID-19 vaccine appointments online. The new tool can manage more than 250,000 requests daily and will reflect the amount of vaccine doses confirmed within Kroger’s system while allowing visitors to check vaccine eligibility and create
LANDOVER, Md. — Giant Food said Tuesday that a recent pilot program involving the distribution of COVID-19 vaccinations to eligible Marylanders was a success. The pilot program announced by the State of Maryland last month began with 35 retail pharmacies throughout the state at Giant, Walmart and Martin’s locations. Giant said the vaccine administrations, which began
FORT WORTH — As pharmacies across the U.S. step up to support their communities during COVID-19, FDS, a leading pharmacy technology provider, is experiencing significant growth in delivering financial, analytics, and clinical care solutions to meet their growing needs. COVID has challenged pharmacies across the U.S. to fast-track their delivery of medical services to support
THE HAGUE — Ministries of health and regulators can now make use of a tool produced by the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) to enhance strategies and create the necessary regulatory frameworks to combat the COVID-19 pandemic through pharmacist-led vaccination programs. The resource has been developed based on the experiences of regulators in countries where pharmacy-based
ARLINGTON, Va. — NACDS today submitted a statement for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health hearing titled “Road to Recovery: Ramping up COVID-19 Vaccines, Testing and Medical Supply Chain.” In the statement, NACDS underscored the critical role that pharmacies, pharmacists and pharmacy teams continue to play in the nation’s COVID-19 response and recovery efforts. This includes expanding equitable and convenient access to COVID-19
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced its Federal Retail Pharmacy Program for COVID-19 Vaccination partners on Tuesday, and Hy-Vee has been named a national partner in both Iowa and South Dakota. The program is a collaboration between the federal government and 21 national pharmacy partners and independent pharmacy networks
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The National Community Pharmacists Association released the following statement from CEO B. Douglas Hoey, in response to the Biden administration’s plans to ship coronavirus vaccine doses directly to select pharmacies across the country: “When independent pharmacies have access to the vaccine, they are able to quickly get the coronavirus shots in patients’ arms.
ARLINGTON, Va. – National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) President and CEO Steven Anderson issued the following statement following the Biden Administration’s launch today of the Federal Pharmacy Partnership Program, as described by White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Jeff Zients: “Today’s announcement is another crucial step forward to helping Americans get back to all
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart is on the list of a list of retailers that will be administering COVID-19 vaccines in their pharmacies through a federal program. Amanda Jenkins, vice president, Health & Wellness Operations, Walmart U.S. issued the following blog post on the retailer’s role in the program: “This morning, the Centers for Disease Control
