{"id":9108,"date":"2025-08-29T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/?p=9108"},"modified":"2025-08-29T18:07:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T22:07:57","slug":"cvs-and-walgreens-clamp-down-on-covid-vaccines-in-many-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/news\/cvs-and-walgreens-clamp-down-on-covid-vaccines-in-many-states\/","title":{"rendered":"CVS and Walgreens Clamp Down on Covid Vaccines in Many States"},"content":{"rendered":"

CVS and Walgreens, the country\u2019s two largest pharmacy chains, are for now clamping down on offering Covid vaccines in more than a dozen states, even to people who meet newly restricted criteria<\/a> from the Food and Drug Administration.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Amy Thibault, a spokeswoman for CVS, said the vaccine was not available at pharmacies in 16 states, citing \u201cthe current regulatory environment\u201d and emphasizing that the list could change.<\/p>\n

On Friday, CVS issued an update: It could administer vaccines in 13 of the 16 states, and in the District of Columbia, to people who had obtained a prescription from a doctor or other medical provider. (As of Friday morning, its online scheduling tool still did not allow anybody to book an appointment in those places; Ms. Thibault said an update was in progress.) In Massachusetts, Nevada and New Mexico, CVS still cannot offer the shots at all, Ms. Thibault said.<\/p>\n

She did not provide an explanation for the change.<\/p>\n

Walgreens said in a statement that it was \u201cprepared to offer the vaccine in states where we are able to do so\u201d to people who met the F.D.A. criteria. When a New York Times reporter tried to schedule vaccine appointments in all 50 states, the Walgreens website said patients would need a prescription in 16 of them. Though there is some overlap, it\u2019s not the same set of 16 as CVS, underscoring the level of confusion.<\/p>\n

The shifting requirements for vaccines have fueled deep uncertainty about whether \u2014 and where \u2014 Americans can access the shots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CVS and Walgreens, the country\u2019s two largest pharmacy chains, are for now clamping down on offering Covid vaccines in more than a dozen states, even to people who meet newly restricted criteria<\/a> from the Food and Drug Administration.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Amy Thibault, a spokeswoman for CVS, said the vaccine was not available at pharmacies in 16 states, citing \u201cthe current regulatory environment\u201d and emphasizing that the list could change.<\/p>\n

On Friday, CVS issued an update: It could administer vaccines in 13 of the 16 states, and in the District of Columbia, to people who had obtained a prescription from a doctor or other medical provider. (As of Friday morning, its online scheduling tool still did not allow anybody to book an appointment in those places; Ms. Thibault said an update was in progress.) In Massachusetts, Nevada and New Mexico, CVS still cannot offer the shots at all, Ms. Thibault said.<\/p>\n

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