CVS Health

CVS Health said on Thursday that it will close about 900 stores over the next three years, as it adjusts to shoppers who are buying more online.

Five new coronavirus testing sites will be opened at CVS pharmacies around Massachusetts this week, the company announced Thursday. The new sites, located in Bellingham, Ipswich, Pittsfield, Salisbury and Worcester, will open Friday and bring the total number of testing sites at CVS stores to 26. The sites will utilize self-swab tests, and patients must register in advance. People will…

Nine new drive-thru coronavirus testing sites opened at CVS locations across Massachusetts.

CVS is opening nine new drive-thru coronavirus test sites at locations across Massachusetts on Friday. The sites will use self-swab tests, marking the next phase of the company’s nationwide COVID-19 testing strategy, announced last month. It’s all part of an effort to ramp up testing throughout the state. Across the country, CVS said it expects to have up to...

Nine CVS locations are now offering drive-thru coronavirus testing in Massachusetts.

CVS announced Thursday that it is opening nine new drive-thru coronavirus test sites at locations across Massachusetts. The sites will use self-swab tests, marking the next phase of the company’s nationwide COVID-19 testing strategy, announced last month. Across the country, CVS said it expects to have up to 1,000 locations offering this testing service by the end of May. The…

Omnicare Inc., a subsidiary of CVS Health and a provider of pharmacy services to long-term care facilities, agreed to pay a $15.3 million penalty to resolve allegations that it allowed opioids to be dispensed without prescriptions, federal prosecutors in Los Angeles announced Wednesday. The Cincinnati-based Omnicare operates non-public “closed door” pharmacies that deliver controlled substances to nursing homes and other…

CVS Health has announced it will be adding 50,000 new jobs to help the company meet demand amid the coronavirus pandemic. 

In response to the coronavirus pandemic, Rhode Island based CVS Health said Monday it will hire 50,000 employees nationwide on a temporary basis. Among the positions the company will hire for include store associates, home delivery drivers, distribution center employees and member/customer service professionals, according to a statement from the company.

Walmart, CVS Health and Rite Aid are pulling all containers of Johnson & Johnson’s 22-ounce baby powder after the FDA found sub-trace amounts of asbestos, the companies confirmed Thursday. “CVS Pharmacy is complying with Johnson & Johnson’s voluntary recall of Johnson’s Baby Powder 22 oz. and is removing this product from all stores and from CVS.com,” spokesman Mike DeAngelis said...

CVS Health is pushing deeper into health services with plans to add dietitians, medical equipment and space for the occasional yoga class to 1,500 stores over the next few years. The drugstore chain that quit selling tobacco several years ago said Tuesday it will expand a store model it recently tested. Its HealthHub stores will have about twice as much...

CVS Health is pushing deeper into health services with plans to add dietitians, medical equipment and space for the occasional yoga class to 1,500 stores over the next few years. The drugstore chain that quit selling tobacco several years ago said Tuesday it will expand a store model it recently tested. Its HealthHub stores will have about twice as much...

Target Corp. has agreed to pay $3 million to resolve allegations that it violated rules of Massachusetts’ Medicaid program. Federal and Massachusetts authorities allege Minneapolis-based Target violated federal and state False Claims Acts by automatically refilling Medicaid recipients’ prescriptions and seeking payment from Medicaid.

The proposed $69 billion merger between CVS Health and Aetna is getting a greenlight from the Department of Justice, with some conditions. The Justice Department on Wednesday approved the deal on the condition that Aetna moves ahead with its plan to sell its Medicare Part D prescription drug plan business, resolving some anti-monopoly issues.

An over-the-counter health and beauty product manufacturer supplying medicines to retailers across the country has expanded its voluntary nasal product recall to include all nasal products and baby oral gels — amounting to hundreds of items — over concerns of microbial contamination that could pose life-threatening infection risk for vulnerable users.

Certain bottles of CVS Health’s 12 Hour Sinus Relief Nasal Mist have been recalled after they were found to have had a microbiological contamination, the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday. The nasal mist, manufactured by Product Quest, was found to have Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Frequent use of the contaminated product could result in infections, which could be life-threatening for users...

CVS Health is making prescription deliveries nationwide to accommodate the heightened expectations of convenience from consumers.

E-commerce giant Amazon, the Seattle-based company that’s currently in a nationwide search for its second headquarters, broke new ground today with the reveal its cracked the top 10 of the Fortune 500 listing for the first time, landing at No. 8 with $177.8 billion in revenue.

Some major health insurers plan to take a little sting out of prescription drug prices by giving customers rebates at the pharmacy counter. Aetna and UnitedHealthcare both say they will begin passing rebates they get from drugmakers along to some customers starting next year. They could spark a trend: The idea has been championed by President Donald Trump, and it’s...

The battle against the opioid epidemic is raging on in Massachusetts, where Gov. Charlie Baker is continuing to take measures against over-prescription.