pharmacies

Walgreens agrees to be acquired by private equity firm for almost $10 billion

2:42am March 07, 2025

A buyout to take the drugstore chain private would give it more flexibility to make changes to improve its business without worrying about Wall Street's reaction.

Walgreens To Lay Off 5 Percent Of Workforce At Corporate Headquarters

CVS and Walgreens are ailing. Here’s why

7:34am October 16, 2024

America’s biggest pharmacy chains are closing hundreds of stores, laying off thousands of workers and rethinking their role in our lives.

State Of California Cuts Ties With Walgreens Over Company Not Carrying Abortion Pill In 21 States

Walgreens will close 1,200 stores, hoping for a turnaround

11:31am October 15, 2024

Walgreens says about a quarter of its stores are unprofitable. Big pharmacy chains are struggling with growing retail competition and lower prescription payouts.

A prescription is filled on Jan. 6, 2023, in Morganton, N.C. A ransomware attack is disrupting pharmacies and hospitals nationwide this week.

Health care company ties Russian-linked cybercriminals to prescriptions breach

1:58pm March 01, 2024

by Jenna McLaughlin

A ransomware attack targeting a UnitedHealth Group subsidiary is disrupting pharmacies and hospitals nationwide, leaving patients with problems filling prescriptions or seeking medical treatment.

Mifepristone is a medication typically used in combination with misoprostol to bring about a medical abortion.

Health & Safety

In Washington state, pharmacists are poised to start prescribing abortion drugs

12:28pm January 22, 2024

by Patrick Adams

They're pioneering a new model of care that will allow for one-stop, same-day access to mifepristone — no appointment necessary.

The 2021 study found that 32% of pharmacies did not have levonorgestrel, a hormone that can prevent pregnancy after unprotected sex, in stock at all, and of the pharmacies that did have it on the shelf, 70% of them kept it in a locked box.

Emergency contraception pills are safe and effective, but not always available

10:28am June 28, 2022

by Maria Godoy

To best protect against unintended pregnancy, emergency contraceptives like Plan B or Ella need to be taken within five days of unprotected sex, but a large number of pharmacies don't stock the pills.

On Dec. 14, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice was one of the first U.S. elected officials to get immunized against COVID-19. The state has since completed a first round of shots in all long-term care facilities, as well as front-line health workers.

Why West Virginia's Winning The Race To Get COVID-19 Vaccine Into Arms

6:21pm January 07, 2021

by Yuki Noguchi

To get vaccines into long-term care facilities, West Virginia was the only state to opt out of a federal partnership with CVS and Walgreens. Instead, a network of smaller pharmacies got a jump-start.

Health & Safety

PHOTOS: The Sidewalk Pill Peddlers Of Port-Au-Prince

7:00am July 15, 2017

by Sasha Ingber

There aren't many pharmacies in Haiti. But there are vendors who walk the streets with towers of pills — including some that may be fake or past their expiration date.

Some 8 percent of Americans have bought prescription drugs outside the U.S., a recent poll finds.

Looking For Bargains, Many Americans Buy Medicines Abroad

12:18pm December 17, 2016

by Rachel Bluth

Eight percent of respondents in a recent national poll said they or someone in their household had imported a prescription drug to the U.S. at some point. Are the deals as good as they seem?

Express Scripts assures patients it has a policy of not putting cancer medicine or mental health drugs on the list of products it excludes from its formulary.

Will Your Prescription Meds Be Covered Next Year? Better Check!

7:24am August 15, 2016

by Alison Kodjak

Insurers have released the latest lists of prescription drugs they won't cover in 2017. Express Scripts is excluding 85 drugs and CVS Caremark, 131. Some drugs for diabetes and asthma are out.

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