Why your local pharmacy may be closing

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Walgreens says a quarter of its US stores aren't contributing to the company's operating income.

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Walgreens' biggest healthcare bet is floundering as it shutters 160 primary-care clinics

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Walgreens has a majority stake in VillageMD, which is shuttering clinics.

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Widely Used Inhalers Won't Cost More Than $35 a Month, AstraZeneca Says

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AstraZeneca, the UK-based maker of popular inhalers like Symbicort and Airsupra, announced Monday it plans to cap costs for patients using its inhalers in the U.S. at $35 per month starting June 1.

CVS and Walgreens will begin selling abortion pills ahead of a key SCOTUS ruling on restricting access to the drug

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L: People visit the CVS pharmacy store at Times Square on March 1, 2024, in New York City. R: In an aerial view, a customer enters a Walgreens store on January 04, 2024, in San Pablo, California.
A CVS pharmacy and a Walgreens.

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An infamous hacking group is reportedly behind the cyberattack that has left US pharmacies reeling

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A customer waits at the counter of a CVS Pharmacy store in Pasadena

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CVS is hit with a $250,000 fine for understaffing a store so badly that it was a month behind on filling prescriptions

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A worker stocks the shelves in a CVS pharmacy store on February 07, 2024 in Miami, Florida.
A CVS store in Canton, Ohio has been slapped with a $250,000 fine (not pictured).

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The White House Medical Unit operated a pharmacy that gave out controlled substances to ineligible Trump staffers, report says

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Ozempic, Wellbutrin, and Hundreds of Other Drugs Just Got More Expensive

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Another year, another round of inscrutable price increases for many prescription drugs. Over 700 medicines are seeing their list prices shoot up this January, according to an analysis by the organization 46brooklyn Research. The average price increase is slightly below the trend of recent years, but includes popular…

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Costco pharmacies are open to everyone. But only members get the company's deep discounts on medications.

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Costco will process your prescription even if you're not a member or don't have insurance.

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Rite Aid is banned from using facial recognition in its stores after the FTC said it falsely flagged thousands of shoppers as potential criminals

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A person walks out of a Rite Aid store on December 22, 2021 in Los Angeles, California.

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