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Understaffed and Underpaid: Why CVS Pharmacists in Three States Authorized a Strike

The pressure on pharmacy staff to work quickly leads to high turnover and threatens patient safety, workers say.

Capital & Main · Sep 14

How to get a COVID-19 shot and ensure its covered by your insurance

Drugstores are ready to deliver COVID-19 vaccines this fall and insurers plan to cover them, even though the shots no longer come recommended by an important government committee

The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2025

Pharmacies are not offering Covid-19 shots in 16 states as unclear guidance from FDA leaves them in limbo

The Food and Drug Administration recently narrowed who qualifies to receive a Covid-19 vaccine this year

The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2025

Pharmacists prescribe another round of US protests to highlight working conditions

Drugstore employees around the country have started calling in sick to highlight a lack of support from their employers

The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2023

Hiccups reported in COVID vax rollout

New shots for COVID and RSV are available, if people can actually get them, let alone want them

Salon · Sep 28, 2023

How the test-to-treat pillar of the US COVID strategy is failing patients

The federal “test-to-treat” program, announced in March, is meant to reduce COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths by quickly getting antiviral pills to people who test positive. But even as cases rise again, many Americans don’t have access to the program.

Tribune News Service · Apr 18, 2022