Move the Needle : Episode 11

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Pharmacy Focus: Move the Needle Monday- COVID-19 Extended as Public Health Emergency

With limited supply to immunization options for monkeypox, polio, and influenza, the future of vaccine distribution will have to change.

In this month's episode, Ed Cohen and John Beckner from NCPA discuss the HHS's decision to extend the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE), meaning Americans can continue utilizing Medicaid benefits and telehealth services that were expanded under the PHE, updates with the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine, and the future of the monkeypox virus.

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