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Be sure to check out the latest edition of the Independent Rx Forum podcast. This week, NCPA CEO Douglas Hoey talks about NCPA’s Melt the Phones campaign to end DIR with guests Brian Caswell (NCPA immediate past president), Karry La Violette of the NCPA Advocacy Center, and Ronna Hauser, who heads up NCPA’s Policy and Regulatory team. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast so you never miss an episode. Independent Rx Forum is available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

NCPA is looking for 30 pharmacies to receive training and more than $5,000 in financial support to become a CDC-recognized National Diabetes Prevention Program provider. Apply now to get guidance and resources to help you set up this sustainable and billable enhanced service.

ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn Independent pharmacists said they want to help with COVID-19 vaccinations. • 7 min read Why are people hesitant to trust a COVID-19 vaccine? Vaccines are proven to reduce deaths and help end pandemics, but the historic speed that the coronavirus vaccines have been developed has made some people hesitant to take them.Portland Press Herald via Getty Images As frustration mounts over slow COVID-19 vaccine rollouts at CVS and Walgreens around the country, Maine has been shifting supplies away from chain pharmacie...

(Reuters) - Even as President Joe Biden laments the nation's sluggish COVID-19 immunization launch for a pace he calls "dismal," West Virginia is touting its relative success in making the most of vaccine supplies it has received so far.

The Associated Press KENOVA, W.Va. — Griffith & Feil Drug has been in business since 1892, a family-owned, small-town pharmacy. This isn’t their first pandemic. More than a century after helping West Virginians confront the Spanish flu in 1918, the drugstore in Kenova, a community of about 3,000 people, is helping the state lead the nation in COVID-19 vaccine distribution. West Virginia has emerged as an unlikely success in the nation’s otherwise chaotic vaccine rollout, largely because of the state’s decision to reject a federal partnership with CVS and Walgreens and instead enlist m...