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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.

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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