Pharmacy
Contactless payment is now being used by nearly 80% of consumers worldwide for health and safety reasons.
Better Medicare Alliance said the rule threatens to raise seniors' health costs amid a global pandemic.
Two vaccines and two therapeutics may be approved before the end of the year.
The agreement leverages existing private sector infrastructure, since the majority of the public lives within five miles of a pharmacy.
This allows for the distribution and emergency use of the antibody treatment, administered via intravenous infusion.
Up to 50 million doses could be available globally by the end of the year, with that number climbing to 1.3 billion in 2021.
Aetna President Karen S. Lynch has been named next president and CEO of CVS.
Insurers are banned from charging administration costs and "balance billing is strictly prohibited," Seema Verma says.
Turnaround times and testing capacity have greatly improved, and pharmacists will play a role in vaccine education.
President Trump received remdesivir, as well as other drugs, after being diagnosed with COVID-19.