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CVS and Walgreens Plan to Sell Abortion Pill Mifepristone at Pharmacies After FDA Rule Change
Mifepristone has become a central flashpoint in the political battle over abortion at the state level in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.
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Pharmacies Limit Sales of Kids' Medicines Amid Flu, RSV, COVID Wave: What Parents Can Do
Doctors and other experts say parents have alternatives if they encounter empty store shelves.
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Mass. Due $230 Mil in CVS, Walgreens Opioid Settlement
Massachusetts stands to receive $230 million under agreements reached with CVS and Walgreens resolving allegations that the companies contributed to the opioid crisis by failing to properly oversee the dispensing of opioids at their stores.
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3 Walgreens in Boston Set to Close, Creating ‘Pharmacy Deserts' for Some
The decision to close the three Walgreens locations in Boston neighborhoods, leaving two of those communities without a convenient pharmacy, isn’t sitting well with residents. Hennie Beaman lives in Mattapan and is upset the Walgreens at 90 River St. is closing. “This store was just open three or four years ago and now they are closing again? It’s absolutely ridiculous.”...
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3 Walgreens Pharmacies in Boston Set to Close
The decision to close the three locations, leaving two of those three neighborhoods without a convenient pharmacies, isn’t sitting well with residents.
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2 Walgreens Pharmacies in Cambridge Were Closed Unexpectedly
There was confusion in Cambridge Monday when two Walgreens pharmacies temporarily closed unexpectedly. The company said a pharmacist shortage is to blame.
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2 Walgreens Pharmacies in Cambridge Close Abruptly, State Rep. Says
A Massachusetts state representative says he’s investigating why two Walgreens pharmacies in Cambridge closed abruptly. The two pharmacies — one in Central Square, the other nearby in Riverside — left some customers “in the lurch” without access to prescriptions they had already gotten filled, Rep. Mike Connolly said on Twitter Monday. On Monday, Walgreens’ website listed both locations as temporarily…
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Pharmacies Owe 2 Ohio Counties $650 Million in Opioids Suit: Judge
A federal judge in Cleveland has awarded $650 million in damages to two Ohio counties that sued pharmacy chains CVS, Walgreens and Walmart saying their opioid distribution policies created a public nuisance.
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A Drugstore Worker Refused to Sell His Partner Condoms. Now He's Scheduled a Vasectomy
After a clerk at a national chain refused to sell a couple condoms because of “religious conviction,” the man scheduled a vasectomy.
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Walgreens to Open 10 Primary Care Practices in Mass.
Walgreens to open 10 primary care practices in Mass.
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Man Charged With Shooting at Revere Police Held Without Bail
In Chelsea District Court, Daniel Cote, 32, of Revere was ordered held without bail on charges that he shot at police officers responding to a call Friday night of an armed man acting erratically on Broadway, one of Revere’s busiest streets.
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Suspect Shot by Police in Revere Held Without Bail
A man who was injured in a police shooting in Revere, Massachusetts, was ordered held without bail Monday on charges that he shot at police officers responding to a call Friday night of an armed man acting erratically on one of the city’s busiest streets. Daniel Cote, 32, of Revere, was arraigned Monday in Chelsea District Court on charges of…
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Revere Police Shoot Suspect
One suspect was shot in the leg and taken to a local hospital with what’s considered a non-life threatening injury, Revere police said.
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Person Injured in Police Shooting Near Walgreens, TD Bank in Revere
A person was injured Friday night in a police shooting that happened on a street in between a Walgreens pharmacy and TD Bank in Revere, Massachusetts. Revere police said around 9:30 p.m. that they were investigating the shooting at Broadway and Fernwood Avenue. One suspect was shot in the leg and taken to a local hospital with what’s considered...
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Walgreens Goes to Trial in Florida Lawsuit on Opioids
Most of the defendants in Florida’s lawsuit over the opioid epidemic have settled for more than $870 million, according to the state attorney general
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Elizabeth Holmes Denies Deception at Her Criminal Trial
Biotechnology entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes, a former billionaire accused of engineering a massive scam, expressed some remorse while on the witness stand Tuesday, but denied trying to conceal that her company’s blood-testing methods weren’t working as she had promised.
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New Hurdle for COVID-19 Home Testing — the Holiday Season
Holiday season could strain COVID-19 home test supplies as more Americans try to screen themselves before Thanksgiving and other family gatherings
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Missing Wakefield Teen Found
A 15-year-old teenager who went missing in Wakefield, Massachusetts, has been found, police said. Lilyana Halliday had last been seen Tuesday afternoon outside of a Walgreens in the town with a friend, Wakefield police said. No further information was immediately available.
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Pharmacy Chains Have Wasted Hundreds of Thousands of Vaccine Doses
Two national pharmacy chains that the federal government entrusted to inoculate people against COVID-19 account for the lion’s share of wasted vaccine doses, according to government data obtained by KHN.
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How to Get Vaccinated at CVS, Walgreens Pharmacies in Massachusetts
How do you schedule an appointment at local pharmacies and which vaccine will you get? Here’s what you need to know.