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HOUSTON, TX - DECEMBER 21: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) A container of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is seen at the United Memorial Medical Center on December 21, 2020 in Houston, Texas. Vaccinations in the U.S. began last week with healthcare workers, with at least 556,000 doses reportedly administered. (Photo by Go Nakamura/Getty Images) (2020 Getty Images) The Greater Houston-area is set to receive an influx of over 62,000 COVID-19 vaccines this week, driven by an increase in the number of vaccines provided to the state by the federal government and large allocations to Houston-area providers, sta...

CVS and Walgreens are in a partnership with the government to help distribute vaccines at long term care facilities.

In a press release, the Texas Department of State Health Services announced the state will receive 520,425 first doses for the week of February 1.

The state of Texas will receive more than half a million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from the federal government next week according to the Department of State Health Services (DSHS).

“We’re definitely not the worst, there’s a lot of states out there that per capita are doing a worse job than we are, but we’re definitely not near the top either.” Corey Heffernan is a pharmacist in the Bitterroot. He tells me the vaccine distribution has had problems from the beginning… but what has really sent him and other local pharmacists over the edge are the contracts the Federal Government has with big pharmacy chains, essentially freezing out mom and pop shops across Montana. “We could literally be vaccinating faster than they can produce it. But i...