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CVS and Walgreens have wasted more vaccine doses than most states combined

The CDC recorded 182,874 wasted doses as of late March. Of those, CVS was responsible for nearly half, and Walgreens for 21%, or nearly 128,500 wasted shots combined.

Pharmacist Todd Gharibian, right, administers a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Toshiko Sugiyama, left, at a CVS Pharmacy branch Monday, March 1, 2021, in Los Angeles.
Pharmacist Todd Gharibian, right, administers a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Toshiko Sugiyama, left, at a CVS Pharmacy branch Monday, March 1, 2021, in Los Angeles.Read moreMarcio Jose Sanchez / AP
    by Joshua Eaton and Rachana Pradhan, Kaiser Health News
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