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Federal judge bans Tampa pharmacy from prescribing opioids
Prosecutors say the pharmacists at WeCare Pharmacy ignored “red flags” in writing and filling thousands of narcotics prescriptions.
L.A.’s Dodger Stadium vaccination site blocked by anti-vaxxers, far-right
Drivers with a vaccine appointment enter a mega COVID-19 vaccination site set up in the parking lot of Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Saturday. One of the largest vaccination sites in the country was temporarily shut down Saturday because dozen of protesters blocked the entrance, stalling hundreds of motorists who had been waiting in line for hours, the Los Angeles Times reported. The Los Angeles Fire Department shut the entrance to the vaccination center at Dodger Stadium about 2 p.m. as a precaution, officials told the newspaper. The protesters had members of anti-vaccine and far-right groups, the Times reported. Some of them carried signs decrying the COVID-19 vaccine and shouting for people not to get the shots.
They temporarily shut down one of the largest vaccination sites in the nation while hundreds waited in line.
Playing favorites? Hospital boards, donors jump line for vaccines
In this Dec. 15, 2020 photo, a droplet falls from a syringe after a health care worker was injected with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in Providence, R.I. Some hospitals around the U.S. are facing complaints about favoritism and line-jumping after their board members and donors received COVID-19 vaccinations or offers for the prized inoculations. In Rhode Island, Attorney General Peter Neronha opened an inquiry after reports that two hospital systems offered their board members vaccinations.
Coronavirus vaccines are scarce. So why are a handful of hospital donors and officials getting vaccinated?
Missing vaccines spur investigation into St. Petersburg Fire Rescue
Officials from the St. Petersburg Police Department and mayor's office confirmed Friday evening that an investigation is active into missing vials of the coronavirus vaccine.
The city’s police department is investigating the city’s fire department, but St. Petersburg officials haven’t said if theft is suspected.

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