HHS Partners With McKesson To Distribute COVID-19 Vaccines

HHS is partnering with McKesson Corp. to distribute COVID-19 vaccines as part of the president’s Operation Warp Speed initiative, the department announced Friday (Aug. 14) . This partnership is possible through an existing contract signed in 2016 between McKesson and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that lets the company distribute vaccines in the case of a pandemic. McKesson oversaw distribution of the H1N1 vaccine about a decade ago. “Today’s announcement puts another building block in place as the...