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America is Losing Its Pharmacies
Here is the full picture. Walgreens' 100 closures this year are part of a plan to shut roughly 1,200 stores over three years. Rite Aid, once the third-largest chain in the country, went bankrupt twice, closed its final stores in October 2025, and no longer exists as a physical pharmacy at all, roughly 1,250 locations gone. CVS closed about 900 between 2022 and 2024, then another 270 after that. Add it up and America has lost somewhere north of 2,000 net pharmacy locations in



Navigating Weather-Related Headaches: Understanding Triggers and Proactive Management
Weather changes can have a profound impact on headaches, with rising temperatures in the summer months, often leading to an increase in...
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Antigen tests?... PCR tests... What's the difference?
Antigen tests and PCR tests are both used to detect the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19. The main difference...
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New Year, New You!
If you're like me, positive health changes are a top priority for a new year's resolution. The top two things I want to do in the new...
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Medication shortages got you down?
One of the most common inquiries we have had recently here in our pharmacy are people looking for medications that are hard-to-find or on...
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