DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens is inviting high school students across the nation to make their submissions for the 12th Annual Expressions by Walgreens competition. The contest awards monetary prizes in three categories including visual arts, video production, and spoken word, to empower teens to use art to voice their opinions on issues of importance to
DEERFIELD, Ill. – Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) and VillageMD rolled out plans on Wednesday to open five new Village Medical at Walgreens coordinated primary care practices in the Jacksonville area through summer 2022, with the first opening on Feb. 15 at 105 Julington Plaza Drive. These openings represent expansion into the third major market in
NEW YORK — CVS Health, Food Lion, Kroger, Meijer, Target, Walgreens and Walmart were among the 842 U.S. companies that received a top score of 100% on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2022 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), a benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ workplace equality. The CEI rates
DEERFIELD, Ill. – Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) and VillageMD are planning to open eight new Village Medical at Walgreens coordinated primary care and pharmacy practices in the Tucson area in 2022, the companies said Thursday. The first location will open February 8. These openings represent expansion into the second major market in Arizona, following Phoenix,
DEERFIELD, Ill. – Walgreens has introduced the Walgreens COVID-19 Index, a new interactive tracking tool. Powered by testing data from Aegis Sciences Corp., it is among the first to uniquely identify the spread of current and emerging variants in near real-time. New data from the Walgreens COVID-19 Index shows more than 95% of all positive COVID-19
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens has issued the following statement on the COVID-19 surge: “As the nation experiences a surge in COVID-19 cases coinciding with the holidays, we are seeing unprecedented demand for related testing and vaccine services and products. We remain committed to offering convenient access to COVID-19 vaccinations and testing services and products that
DEERFIELD, Ill. — With the fight against COVID-19 far from over, Walgreens and Harlem New York-based initiative for civic engagement, Faith for Black Lives, have come together to call upon churches to be community bullhorns for combatting persistent vaccine hesitancy and to drive the importance of COVID vaccination for children and young adults. ‘Shots for
CLEVELAND — A federal jury last month found that pharmacies operated by CVS Health, Walgreens and Walmart contributed to the opioid epidemic in two Ohio counties, which had sued the retailers in 2018. Thousands of other lawsuits have been filed by state, county and local governments across the country charging that pharmacies were partly to
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens is partnering with Mental Health America (MHA) this month to raise money for mental health during the holiday season. Together, Walgreens and MHA are asking people to donate to a virtual ‘Swear Jar’ when they experience the inevitable holiday hiccups that make them want to yell out a ‘humbug.’ MHA is
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens Boots Alliance is thinking of selling its Boots chain in the U.K. in order to devote more attention to its North American business, according to published reports. The company has reportedly enlisted Goldman Sachs to advise it on its options, which include selling the British chain, keeping it, or listing it
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) and VillageMD this month announced plans for new Village Medical at Walgreens primary care practices in Texas and Florida. The companies intend to open more than 20 new practices in the Dallas area over the next year, and 20 in the Tampa area. WBA recently increased its investment
Last month Walgreens said it was closing five stores in San Francisco, not because they were unpopular with consumers, but because they were too popular with thieves. The stealing was brazen — one man repeatedly raided a store astride a bicycle, exiting toting a garbage bag full of stolen goods. Walgreens said the losses made