Don’t Blink or You’ll Miss it: The Prep Act Quietly Gets a Third Amendment, Allowing Pharmacists to Vaccinate Children

On May 24th, using the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP) to circumvent Congress, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) quietly issued his third amendment to the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP), thereby allowing pharmacists to administer vaccines to children ages three to 18.