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    HHS Released More Coronavirus Vaccine Contracts As Election Results Unfolded

    Newly released COVID-19 vaccine contracts include weakened protections against potential price gouging. Several key federal contracts still haven't been disclosed by the government.
    by Sydney Lupkin Nov 08, 2020 3 minutes

    While the country was focused on the outcome of the election Saturday, the Department of Health and Human Services released a trove of new Operation Warp Speed documents.

    The newly released contracts include the crash program's $1 billion agreement with Johnson & Johnson, which was issued through a third-party firm and lacks some customary protections against potential future price-gouging.

    Operation Warp Speed, the Trump administration's expensive push to make a coronavirus vaccine widely available in record time, has

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