WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Pharmacy has announced its first Best of Our Brands award winners, revealing its customers’ favorite store brand products across 13 categories, spanning health and wellness, beauty, and snacks. Customers voted in a survey to determine product favorites from among the company’s popular store brand lines, including CVS Health, Live Better by
WOONSOCKET, R.I. —CVS Health is adopting a community-based strategy to address potential inequities related to COVID-19 vaccine access in vulnerable communities, with a particular focus on Black and Hispanic populations, the company said Friday. The strategy includes proactive patient outreach, community-based partnerships and vaccine clinics, and robust, education-focused marketing, all aimed at increasing COVID-19 vaccination
NEW YORK — CVS Health and Walgreens said Tuesday that they are working with the federal government to expand access to COVID-19 vaccinations at their stores. Beginning on Thursday, February 11, CVS Health will start to offer COVID-19 vaccinations to eligible populations at a limited number of CVS Pharmacy locations across 11 states. Supply for
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health has formally launched its COVID-19 vaccination program for long-term care facilities, whose residents have been disproportionality impacted by the pandemic. CVS Pharmacy teams will administer the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine in facilities across 12 states this week, and the company expects to vaccinate up to four million residents
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Pharmacy announced earlier this month the opening of 12 specialized CVS Pharmacy y más stores in New York and New Jersey, the first stores of this kind in the tristate area. CVS Pharmacy y más stores are designed to provide an enhanced, convenient, personalized shopping experience specific to local Hispanic communities.
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — Neela Montgomery has been named executive vice president of CVS Health and president of the company’s CVS Pharmacy retail unit, with responsibility for overseeing the company’s 10,000 U.S. pharmacies. “Neela is a seasoned retail industry leader with extensive digital and e-commerce experience,” said Karen Lynch, who will become president and chief executive
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — Neela Montgomery has been named executive vice president of CVS Health and president of the company’s CVS Pharmacy retail unit, with responsibility for overseeing the company’s 10,000 U.S. pharmacies, the company said Monday. Her appointment is effective November 30. “Neela is a seasoned retail industry leader with extensive digital and e-commerce experience,”
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Pharmacy customers can now pay for their purchases touch-free using PayPal and Venmo QR codes at 8,200 standalone retail locations, the company said Monday. These codes allow customers to securely pay for their items without needing to touch a keypad or sign a receipt, while also being able to access multiple
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health has announced plans to expand COVID-19 testing services currently offered at select CVS Pharmacy locations to include rapid-result testing at nearly 1,000 sites by the end of the year. Rapid-result COVID-19 diagnostic tests are available at no cost to patients who meet Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria. In addition,
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Pharmacy has introduced QuickRenew, an online contact lens prescription renewal tool powered by technology from Premium Vision. QuickRenew is currently available on the CVS Optical website. Customers can use the easy and convenient tool to renew their prescription in minutes with an independent ophthalmologist and order contact lenses to be shipped
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — A new study from CVS Pharmacy released today found that two thirds of American adults (66%) are snacking at home more, and nearly three in five (59%) are choosing better-for-you snacks and meal solutions more often than they would have prior to the pandemic. In response to the survey, which was conducted online by
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health expects to add more than 2,000 new COVID-19 drive-thru test sites at select CVS Pharmacy locations across the country to support the company’s ongoing efforts to increase access to testing and help slow the spread of the virus. The company also said it has administered three million COVID-19 tests since