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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Why America's hospitals are on life support

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A loan shark about to eat a hospital

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In community after community, the hospitals keep closing. In 2018, it was Northside Regional Medical Center in Youngstown, Ohio.

The next breakthrough for longevity obsessives: measuring organ age

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There may come a day when patients can measure the age of their organs through a blood test.

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5 things you can do to lower your ER bill — or avoid one in the first place

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Cases of colorectal, breast, and cervical cancer are rising in younger populations.

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Oldest siblings tend to make more money. Researchers have a new theory that explains why.

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Researchers have a new theory for why older siblings tend to make more money than their younger siblings.

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Hip-hop legend Chuck D on advocating for healthcare price transparency

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Chuck D at a Washington, DC event for Power to the Patients.

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Inside a prison healthcare company's ownership shell game

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Posters for YesCare and Corizon are on display at the Doña Ana Detention Center in Las Cruces, New Mexico, which contracted out its health care services to the companies.

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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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You'll soon be able to get birth control without a prescription. Here's what you need to know.

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A box of OPill, the first over-the-counter birth control pill in a teal package with blue, lavender and pink detailing
The FDA approved an over-the-counter birth control pill, expanding access to contraceptives across America. It will hit store shelves in March.

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The worst US states for women in 2024, ranked

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A woman stands in front of a rock formation in Lawton, Oklahoma.

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