Once accustomed to a status outside the usual management-labor hierarchy, many health professionals now feel as put upon as any clock-punching worker.
Category: Drugstores
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Why Pharmacy Workers at CVS and Walgreens Are Protesting
The actions coincided with a period of increasing labor activism by workers in other sectors, including the auto industry and Hollywood.
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Rite Aid Is Closing 154 Stores
The pharmacy chain, once the largest in the United States, detailed a batch of store closures in a bankruptcy court filing.
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Rite Aid Files for Bankruptcy, Facing Slumping Sales and Opioid Suits
The pharmacy chain, one of the country’s largest, faces more than a thousand lawsuits that say it filled illegal prescriptions for painkillers.
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Decongestant in Cold Medicines Doesn’t Work, Panel Says
The agency now must decide whether products containing the ingredient, like some Sudafed and NyQuil products, should no longer be sold.
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Rosalind Brewer Is Out as Walgreens CEO
She was one of the few women to run a Fortune 500 company, and when she was appointed she was the only Black woman to hold that position.
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Narcan Available for Over-the-Counter Purchase: What to Know
The overdose-reversal drug should be more widely available, health experts have said. It arrives in many stores next week, no prescription necessary.
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Pivots That Helped Businesses Through the Pandemic Have Endured
A challenging time proved to be fertile ground for experimentation that continues to pay off.
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Over-the-Counter Narcan Could Save More Lives. But Price and Stigma Are Obstacles
The Food and Drug Administration is expected this week to allow the overdose-reversal medication to be sold without a prescription, a step toward making it a common emergency tool.
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How an Opioid Settlement Hinders Patients’ Access to ADHD Medication and Other Drugs
An agreement between attorneys general and major drug distributors increased scrutiny on medications for A.D.H.D., addiction, anxiety and pain.
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Walgreens Faces Blowback for Not Offering Abortion Pill in 21 States
The chain’s situation shows the complicated legal and reputational landscape that it and its competitors must navigate in the post-Roe era.
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Walgreens Says It Won’t Offer the Abortion Pill Mifepristone in Conservative States
The decision applies to 21 states whose attorneys general threatened Walgreens and other pharmacies with legal action if they dispensed the pill there.