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Pharmacies have lost in a groundbreaking trial in Ohio over the toll of opioids, but there's no assurance the results will hold up on appeal.

Lake and Trumbull counties blamed three chain pharmacies for flood of pills that caused hundreds of overdose deaths, attorneys said.

Holiday season could strain COVID-19 home test supplies as more Americans try to screen themselves before Thanksgiving and other family gatherings.

CVS Health will close hundreds of U.S. store locations over the next three years, the drug store chain announced. In a statement, CVS said it will close 300 stores per year over the next three years with shutdowns starting in spring 2022. Exact locations have not been announced and the statement noted CVS “is committed to offering impacted colleagues roles in other locations or different opportunities as part of its overall workforce strategy.”CVS said the closures come after evaluating changes in population, consumer buying patterns and future health needs. “Our retail stores are fundamental to our strategy and who we are as a company,” said Karen S. Lynch, president and CEO of CVS Health. CVS operates more than 10,000 stores across the U.S.

CVS Health will close hundreds of drugstores over the next three years, as the health care giant adjusts to changing customer needs and converts to new store formats.

Cities and counties in the U.S. that want to hold pharmacies accountable for the opioid crisis are closely watching a federal trial that’s coming to a close.

Your turkey won’t be the most expensive thing on the table anymore.

One of the four retail pharmacy companies on trial for their alleged roles in fostering an opioid crisis in two Ohio counties announced Friday it had settled a lawsuit with 10 government entities in the state.

Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, the former chief medical executive for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, has been named the vice president and chief health equity officer of CVS Health.

Kits were sold to the Department of Defense and at major retailers including Amazon, CVS, Target and Walmart.

Vouchers are available to people in underserved communities to help bridge the gap in health disparities.

The country's biggest name-brand pharmacy chains face a high-profile civil trial beginning Monday in Cleveland, Ohio over their role in the nation's deadly opioid epidemic.

A bellwether trial is set to start Monday in federal court in Cleveland to determine whether retail pharmacy chains are liable for costs related to the opioid crisis in two Ohio counties.

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CVS hoped to hire 600 people in Arizona last week.

CDC director cleared booster shots for people in high-risk occupational settings, including teachers and grocery workers.

Even after the news cycle slowed down, the constant scroll of headlines stokes a perpetual sense of potential crisis.

Walmart said Thursday that it is raising the hourly wages for more than 565,000 store workers by at least $1.

CVS, Walgreens and other chains are now offering a third dose for some people, but most Americans will face a wait.

$15 an hour is suddenly the rule, not the exception, for U.S. workers. It’s a major shift from pre-pandemic.

CVS Health has stopped offering J&J's single-dose Covid-19 in its pharmacies but will continue to make the shots available at certain MinuteClinic locations.

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Since parents kept their kids home amid the pandemic, countless children have missed routine vaccinations that prevent against serious diseases.

Pharmacy chain pauses sales due to concerns about potentially elevated levels of a cancer-causing chemical.

If you’re fully vaccinated in the U.S., adding an extra COVID vaccine won’t hurt, but it may not help either.

A reader who cannot be vaccinated responds to a letter that said it makes no sense for people to continue to mask after receiving COVID-19 shots.

Online pharmacy and lab Valisure found benzene in 78 of nearly 300 sprays and lotions tested — about 27% — including products sold by Banana Boat and CVS.

Online pharmacy and lab Valisure found benzene in 78 of nearly 300 sprays and lotions tested — about 27% — including products sold by Banana Boat and CVS.

Online pharmacy and lab Valisure found benzene in 78 of nearly 300 sprays and lotions tested — about 27% — including products sold by Banana Boat and CVS.

Online pharmacy and lab Valisure found benzene in 78 of nearly 300 sprays and lotions tested — about 27% — including products sold by Banana Boat and CVS.

CVS is giving away a trip to Bermuda as well as other prizes. The City of Chicago is teaming up with barbershops and hair salons and offering free haircuts. You can win a free flight from United Airlines. There are all also free donuts and french fries out there. All of this for getting vaccinated for COVID-19, and in some cases, showing proof of vaccination.

The report said the online retail giant may open standalone retail pharmacies or add pharmacies to Whole Foods grocery stores.

Walgreens has closed 17 of its stores due to rampant stealing, and CVS has called the city ‘one of the epicenters of organized retail crime’

The pharmacist "kept asking, loudly and in front of other CVS staff and customers, why I was given the prescriptions," the woman wrote

The prediction comes with a warning: Any decline could be delayed by a continued drop in vaccinations.

The prediction comes with a warning: Any decline could be delayed by a continued drop in vaccinations.

Our partners at Kaiser Health News found that CVS and Walgreens wasted more COVID vaccine doses than most states combined.

Our partners at Kaiser Health News found that CVS and Walgreens wasted more COVID vaccine doses than most states combined.

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CVS and Walgreens, two pharmacy chains that have worked with the federal government to administer COVID-19 vaccines, wasted more doses than most states combined, per government data obtained by Kaiser Health News.Why it matters: The wasted doses raise questions about the efficacy of the vaccine rollout, especially now as the U.S. starts sending extra doses to India and other COVID-stricken countries.Stay on top of the latest market trends and economic insights with Axios Markets. Subscribe for freeBy the numbers: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported 182,874 wasted doses as of late March, per KHN.CVS accounted for nearly half of the doses, while Walgreens was responsible for 21% — nearly 128,500 wasted shots altogether.Pfizer made up nearly 60% of wasted doses.The other side: Walgreens did not immediately return Axios' request for comment, but CVS spokesperson Mike DeAngelis said in an emailed statement the waste is a product of "transportation restrictions, limitations on redirecting unused doses, and other factors.""Despite the inherent challenges, our teams were able to limit waste to approximately one dose per onsite vaccination clinic," he added."Vaccine waste in our retail stores is extremely limited, accounting for less than 0.1% of vaccine doses we’ve administered at retail, so less than 1 in 1000 doses have been wasted." DeAngelis A CDC spokesperson said "a higher percentage of the overall waste would not be expected," given early vaccination efforts heavily depended on the two pharmacies, KHN reports.Another caveat: KHN's findings are based on CDC data that does not include reports from 15 states, D.C. and multiple U.S. territories. The big picture: The U.S. has administered over 247 million vaccines, according to the CDC. Experts say it's important to track wasted doses to help identify where officials might need to make distribution adjustments, per KHN.Any waste is essentially "throwing [taxpayer] money down the chute," Bruce Y. Lee, professor of health policy and management at the City University of New York, told KHN.Both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines have limited shelf lives.The bottom line: "One thing is clear: Months into the nation’s vaccination drive, the CDC has a limited view of how much vaccine is going to waste, where it's wasted and who is wasting it, potentially complicating efforts to direct doses to where they are needed most," KHN writes. Editor's note: This article has been updated with comment from DeAngelis.More from Axios: Sign up to get the latest market trends with Axios Markets. Subscribe for free

Two national pharmacy chains that the federal government entrusted to inoculate people against COVID-19 account for the lion’s share of wasted doses.

The drugstore chains are also expanding community clinics and signing deals with employers to reach Americans who may be busy or hesitant.

The company kicked off its effort at five MinuteClinics inside CVS HealthHUB store locations in Houston, Texas.

Drugstores and grocers, who play a crucial role in the vaccine's administration, are now having to decide how to proceed after the FDA request on Tuesday.

JACKSON, MI — Retail pharmacies are continuing to offer vaccine appointments in Jackson as allocations from the federal government continue to increase. Several local pharmacies are also offering appointments, including Genoa Health Care Pharmacy, Grass Lake Community Pharmacy, Weatherwax Pharmacy, Browns/Country Market Pharmacy and Hometown Pharmacy. Even with the increased eligibility, residents are advised to be patient in getting vaccination appointments, Jackson County Health Department officials said. As of March 23, 67,605 vaccine doses have been given to county residents by the Jackson County Health Department, Henry Ford Allegiance Health, pharmacies and other providers, state data shows. READ MORE FROM THE JACKSON CITIZEN PATRIOT:Health officer leaves Jackson County post as COVID-19 cases riseHealth officials push back on reports Jackson has highest COVID rates in nationJackson courts return to stricter access due to growing county COVID infection rate

CVS has expanded locations offering the COVID-19 vaccine in Michigan. How to register:You must register in advance right here (click here) -- there will be a link to Michigan under the “Vaccine available in select CVS Pharmacy locations” dropdown. You can also do this through the CVS Pharmacy app. More: Looking for COVID-19 vaccines in Metro Detroit: Track openings, clinics, appointmentsAdRelated:How to schedule COVID vaccine appointment at Rite Aid in MichiganMeijer has COVID-19 vaccination clinics at stores across Michigan. The state of Michigan announced Friday, March 12 that every resident 16 and older will be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine starting April 5.

I presented my appointment information to security outside of Ford Field Gate A and told them my son didn’t have an appointment. We both felt fine and when our time elapsed, we left Ford Field. Local 4's Brandon Roux after he received his first COVID-19 vaccine dose at Ford Field. Ford Field! Local 4's Brandon Roux and his son, Christian, received their first COVID-19 vaccine doses at Ford Field.

WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI — Eligible residents now have several places to sign up to get vaccinated in Washtenaw County. Retail pharmacies, such as CVS, Meijer, Walmart, Kroger and Rite Aid are offering vaccinations to eligible residents as the supply allows. Residents looking to be vaccinated by the health department should fill out the individual vaccine appointment request survey at https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/6230164/WCHDIndividual. As of March 25, 105,068 people have received at least one dose of vaccine in Washtenaw County between its various health systems, state data shows. The Washtenaw County Health Department is responsible for administering 35,304 of those doses, according to the county.

JACKSON, MI — As vaccine allocation continues to increase, several retail pharmacies continue to offer more COVID-19 vaccinations in Jackson County. Even with the increased eligibility, residents are advised to be patient in getting vaccination appointments, Jackson County Health Department officials said. Eligible residents do not need an appointment, but scheduling one will save time and should guarantee a spot in line, officials said. As of March 23, 60,616 vaccine doses have been given to county residents by the Jackson County Health Department, Henry Ford Allegiance Health, pharmacies and other providers, state data shows. READ MORE FROM THE JACKSON CITIZEN PATRIOT:Tens of millions in coronavirus relief aid expected for Jackson County communitiesLockable, smell-proof bags to promote marijuana safety being given away in Jackson CountyHusband wife killed in apparent murder-suicide in Jackson County, police sayLockable, smell-proof bags to promote marijuana safety being given away in Jackson County

DETROIT – The effort to get to get Michiganders vaccinated picks up steam Monday when hundreds of thousands of people will become eligible to get their shot. READ: Michigan COVID vaccine eligibility expands Monday: What to knowStarting Monday, those 50 and older and those 16 and older with preexisting conditions or disabilities will be eligible to get vaccinated everywhere in the state -- increasing the eligibility by more than half a million people. AdREAD: ‘Hope is on the horizon,’ -- Ford Field begins scheduling COVID vaccinationsAbout 124 million doses of the vaccine have been administered in the United States. The country is averaging 2.4 million doses daily. More info: Local 4′s Dr. Frank McGeorge answers COVID vaccine question

JACKSON, MI — Several retail pharmacies are offering COVID-19 vaccinations in Jackson County now that vaccine allocations have increased in recent weeks. Vaccine eligibility expand to Jackson County residents age 50 and older on Monday, March 22. Even with the increased eligibility, residents are advised to be patient in getting vaccination appointments, Jackson County Health Department officials said. There are still many Jackson County residents age 65 and older waiting to receive an appointment to be vaccinated, officials said. As of March 17, 54,138 vaccine doses have been given to county residents by the Jackson County Health Department, Henry Ford Allegiance Health, pharmacies and other providers, state data shows.

Appointments will become available for booking on Friday, March 19, as stores receive shipments of vaccine doses, CVS said. How to register:You must register in advance right here (click here) -- there will be a link to Michigan under the “Vaccine available in select CVS Pharmacy locations” dropdown. Related:How to schedule COVID vaccine appointment at Rite Aid in MichiganMeijer has COVID-19 vaccination clinics at stores across Michigan. By April 5, 2021, all areas of the state may, as vaccine supplies are available, implement vaccination of all people aged 16 and up who were not previously eligible. The state of Michigan announced Friday, March 12 that every resident 16 and older will be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine starting April 5.

Appointments will become available for booking on Friday, March 19, as stores receive shipments of vaccine doses, CVS said. How you will be able to register:You must register in advance right here (click here) -- there will be a link to Michigan under the “Vaccine available in select CVS Pharmacy locations” dropdown. Related:How to schedule COVID vaccine appointment at Rite Aid in MichiganMeijer has COVID-19 vaccination clinics at stores across Michigan. The state of Michigan announced Friday, March 12 that every resident 16 and older will be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine starting April 5. Moreover, starting March 22 people aged 16 and up who have disabilities and/or medical conditions, as well as their caregiver family members and guardians, will be eligible for the vaccine.

That’s 20% of Michigan’s supply of COVID-19 vaccine doses. By comparison, 1,973,585 vaccine doses had been shipped to other Michigan health-care providers as of Monday, Feb. 22, and 1,682,856 doses -- 85% -- were administered. Michigan health-care providers say they are aware of the unused doses in the long-term care program, but they don’t have access to them. “The reality is those allocations going to long-term care program are not coming from the state; they’re coming directly from the federal government.”The state did pull 30,000 doses from the long-term care program stockpile a few weeks ago and transferred those doses to other providers, MDHHS spokeswoman Lynn Sutfin said. That doesn’t include another 1,484 deaths linked to other long-term care facilities, such as assisted-living sites for senior citizens and people with disabilities.

HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. – Efforts to vaccinate citizens against COVID-19 are underway in Highland Park. Highland Park Mayor Hubert Yopp said people were supposed to be vaccinated at a Highland Park CVS, but the CVS has closed. According to a communications director with CVS, the Highland Park store did not renew its lease and closed on Jan. 2. We made the difficult business decision to not renew the lease for our Highland Park store and it closed on January 2. All employees at our Highland Park store who wanted to remain with CVS were transferred to one of our other locations.

CVS Health's fourth-quarter earnings beat Wall Street's expectations on Tuesday as pharmacy sales got a lift and the drugstore chain expands Covid-19 testing and vaccines. It projected earnings per share ranging from $6.06 to $6.22 and full-year adjusted earnings per share to $7.39 to $7.55. On a Tuesday call with investors and analysts, CVS Chief Executive Karen Lynch said about 8 million consumers came to CVS for the first time because of Covid testing. It has also given more than 3 million Covid vaccines in over 40,000 long-term care facilities. She said it will be the company's first branded CVS Health Aetna product.

The White House has selected specific pharmacies in each state to receive and administer coronavirus vaccines to help ramp up vaccine distribution. See: What we know about the process of getting COVID-19 vaccine doses to pharmacies“Statewide, 20,000 doses are going to Ride Aid pharmacies -- 200 stores across the state. So that’s only going to leave 100 doses per store,” said Andrew Cox, director of the Macomb County Health Department. Macomb County is a large Michigan county with a large senior and vulnerable adult population. Last week, the state gave Macomb County about 7,300 doses of the coronavirus vaccine.

As Covid-19 vaccination efforts get underway at major retailers and pharmacies such as CVS and Walgreens, what to do with excess vaccine becomes a bigger question. Starting Thursday, vaccine doses are being sent to thousands of pharmacies and grocery stores such as CVS and Walmart in the U.S. The retailers are having to navigate varying state and local rules on eligibility requirements as they manage waitlists and determine what to do with any excess doses. A Walgreens spokesperson told CNBC that they will consider their employees for the remaining doses and will communicate with state and local jurisdictions for doses beyond that. Meanwhile, pharmacists at CVS will keep a list of qualified patients by state and will use that to determine who receives leftover doses of the vaccine, senior vice president of CVS Health Chris Cox told CNBC.

Nursing homes in dire need of COVID vaccineNursing homes in dire need of COVID vaccineNursing homes in dire need of COVID vaccineCalifornia has edged past New York in the grim statistic of the number of deaths due to COVID-19, according Johns Hopkins University data reported Thursday. The most recent daily number of newly confirmed positive cases was 8,390, down from well over 53,000 in December. The city of Los Angeles is temporarily closing five mass vaccination sites, including Dodger Stadium, for lack of supply. — Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) February 11, 2021Drug store giant CVS will begin offering COVID-19 vaccines in California beginning Friday, CBS Los Angeles reported. It's unclear exactly what portion of those doses were made available to CVS stores in Southern California.

Target will join a growing list of companies that are offering extra pay and other incentives to try to nudge employees to get a Covid-19 vaccine. The retail chain said Wednesday that it will offer all of its hourly employees up to four hours of pay when they get the two shots. It will also cover the cost of a Lyft ride, up to $15 each way, to the vaccination appointment. So far, a limited supply of vaccine doses has kept more Americans from getting the shots. Discount grocers Aldi, Dollar General and Trader Joe's are offering four hours of pay total for getting the two doses.

The partnership, called the Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program, allowed states to tap CVS, Walgreens and other retail pharmacies to vaccinate residents and workers of nursing homes. The federal partnership program has caused headaches among some state health officers. Through the partnership, more than 4.2 million doses of vaccine have been administered as of Thursday, according to the CDC. There are almost 5 million long-term care residents and workers in the U.S., the CDC estimates. It's not clear exactly how many doses are being diverted from the program, but Illinois, for example, announced this week that it was taking 97,000 doses out of the program.

Representatives for Jewel-Osco, Walmart and Mariano’s either did not respond to requests for details or had no information Tuesday about how many vaccines they expect to receive. CVS Health will also receive additional doses next week, but not for its stores in Illinois, at least initially. CVS is not currently vaccinating residents at its Illinois stores.

The U.S. will increase its weekly shipments of Covid-19 vaccine doses to states by 5% and send some doses directly to pharmacies to expand access to the lifesaving shots nationwide, the Biden administration's Covid-19 response team said Tuesday. The increase comes a week after the White House said it would up supply to states by 16% over the next three weeks. The U.S. has allocated 1 million doses to pharmacies in addition to the 10.5 million it has set aside for states, tribes and U.S. territories beginning next week, Zients said. Zients said the expanded vaccine supply is "all a result of the manufacturing scaling up." Some drugstore chains have already started vaccinating people in certain states that directly allocate some of their doses to those pharmacies.

Starting next week, 1 million doses will be distributed to some 6,500 pharmacies across the country, the White House said. The administration is also boosting by 500,000 the weekly allocation of vaccines sent directly to states and territories for the coming weeks, up to 10.5 million. It is allowing state and local governments to receive additional federal dollars to cover previously incurred expenses relating to the pandemic. The number of participating pharmacies and the allocation of vaccines are expected to accelerate as drug makers increase production. The Biden administration has sought to increase certainty to state governments on their upcoming allocations to streamline deliveries and prevent stockpiling of second doses for the two-dose regimens.

The CDC looked at more than 11,000 nursing homes and skilled nursing facilities that had at least one vaccination clinic between the middle of December and the middle of January. Data previously showed that people who work in nursing homes and long-term care facilities get flu vaccines at lower rates than other health-care workers. Surveys suggest that long-term care workers are skeptical the shots work and don't think viruses spread easily from them to the people they care for. The government tasked CVS and Walgreens with administering the shots to long-term care homes in nearly every state. Each vaccine requires two shots a few weeks apart, and CVS and Walgreens say they have wrapped up first-dose clinics in nursing homes.

CVS and Walgreens blamed for COVID-19 vaccine issues with nation's oldest and most vulnerable population Critics say CVS and Walgreens are to blame for a slow rollout of COVID-19 vaccines meant for residents of nursing homes and long-term care facilities. The federal government selected the two pharmacies to lead the effort with that part of the U.S. population. CBS MoneyWatch senior reporter Stephen Gandel joins CBSN AM with the latest on the delays.

More shots have gone into people’s arms per capita across West Virginia than in any other state, with at least 7.4% of the population receiving the first of two shots, according to state data. “Little old West Virginia, that was thought of for hundreds of years, you know, as a place where maybe we were backward or dark or dingy,” Justice said last week. Instead, it turns out that “West Virginia has been the diamond in the rough,” Justice said on CBS’ "Face the Nation" on Sunday. The federal partnership involving both companies would have allowed Washington officials to dictate the terms of nursing home vaccinations, said Marty Wright, the head of the West Virginia Health Care Association, which represents health care companies. The governor wants in-person learning to resume at as many schools as possible by Tuesday, long before teachers will have received their second vaccine doses.

DETROIT – CVS Health announced it is launching a nationwide effort to help vaccinate thousands of staff and residents at long-term care facilities against COVID-19. That includes nearly 1,000 facilities in Michigan. READ: MDHHS using 2 ‘core, science-based ideas’ to decide what should reopen, remain closed in MichiganAfter healthcare workers on the frontlines are vaccinated, next up with be seniors and staff members at long-term care facilities. CVS will be vaccinating the elderly and staff members at nearly a thousand locations. Across the state, there are roughly 5,000 long-term care facilities with about 200,000 residents and staff.

Plans for rationing care are not in place yet, but they need to be established because “the worst is yet to come,” said Los Angeles County's health services director, Dr. Christina Ghaly. Until then, four hospitals run by Los Angeles County are weighing what to do if they cannot treat everyone because of a shortage of beds or staffers. Some hospitals have canceled non-essential elective surgeries, such as hip replacements, that might take up beds that could soon be needed for COVID-19 patients. Scientists are working to determine whether the strain spreads more easily, said Moncef Slaoui, the chief science adviser for the U.S. government’s COVID-19 vaccine effort. Bill Lee on Sunday announced new social gathering restrictions while still refusing to implement a mask mandate despite pleas from front-line health care workers.

Dr. Michelle Chester draws the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine into a syringe at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, in the Queens borough of New York. Even with vaccination, you'll still need to take precautions, like wearing a mask and social distancing, health officials say. Once doses are widely available, people should be able to use an existing government website, www.vaccinefinder.org, to find COVID-19 shots. The panel also suggests avoiding getting other vaccinations for two weeks before and after a COVID-19 shot. COVID-19 vaccines can’t be mixed and matched, so if a second dose is needed, providers will be checking to make sure you get the right one.

DETROIT – We know many of you understandably still have a lot of questions about the vaccine. The number one question among viewers is about how they will know when to get the vaccine. The short answer is the state health department and the governor will announce when we can move to the next phases of vaccination and which groups that will include. Right now, the first shots are designated for frontline health care workers and nursing home staff and residents. The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Michigan has risen to 437,985 as of Monday, including 10,752 deaths, state officials report.

FARMINGTON, Mich. – Farmington police are investigating a fatal crash that occurred at the CVS store near the intersection of Farmington Road and Grand River. “It was around 4:30 p.m. today (Friday) when we got a number of calls in regard to an accident,” said Farmington Public Safety Director Frank Demers. “Backing out of the parking spot, her foot went from the brake to the accelerator. We think the vehicle probably went back about 20 feet before making contact with the victim who was walking into the store,” said Demers. “People did what they could to help.”Police said they don’t believe drugs or alcohol played a factor.

The retail colossus opened an online pharmacy Tuesday that allows customers to order medication or prescription refills, and have them delivered to their front door in a couple of days. All have upped online services and touted their abilities to deliver prescriptions and other goods as the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed more consumers to stay home. The company said its online pharmacy will offer commonly prescribed medications in the U.S., including creams, pills, as well as medications that need to stay refrigerated, like insulin. They can also get discounts at 50,000 physical pharmacies around the country at Costco, CVS, Walgreens, Walmart and other stores. Two years ago, it spent $750 million to buy online pharmacy PillPack, which organizes medication in packets by what time and day they need to be taken.

Under the voluntary program, trained staff from CVS and Walgreens would deliver the vaccines to each nursing home and administer shots. The nation has 15,000-16,000 nursing homes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The use of retail chain pharmacies has prompted some concerns, because nursing homes typically deal with specialized pharmacies and not the big drugstores catering to consumers. Mango said the plan would accommodate nursing homes that want to continue to work with specialized pharmacies. HHS Secretary Alex Azar said the program will “provide convenient and free vaccination to residents of nursing homes across America.”

David Ige said Wednesday that starting Oct. 15, travelers arriving from out of state may bypass a 14-day quarantine requirement if they test negative for COVID-19. Travelers will have to take the test within 72 hours before their flight arrives in the islands. Earlier this year Ige planned to start a pre-travel testing program on Aug. 1 only to have to postpone it as COVID-19 cases spiked on the U.S. mainland and in Hawaii. Hawaii leaders are hopeful that pre-travel testing will encourage people to return to a Hawaii in a way that keeps residents safe. “I want to emphasize that this pre-travel testing will allow us to add a greater element of safety for travel into our state,” Ige said at a news conference.

(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)CLEVELAND Lawsuits filed by two Ohio counties against retail pharmacy chains claiming their opioid dispensing practices flooded communities with pain pills and were a a public nuisance can continue, a federal judge in Cleveland has determined. U.S. District Judge Dan Polster rejected the pharmacy chains' motion to dismiss the suits, ruling Thursday that the Ohio law does indeed apply to Lake and Trumbull counties' nuisance claims. Polster is overseeing more than 2,000 lawsuits filed by local governments, tribal authorities and others against companies they blame for fueling an opioid epidemic that has killed 430,000 people since 2000. The two northeast Ohio counties' lawsuits against CVS, Walgreens, Rite Aid, Walmart and Giant Eagle were the first to target retail pharmacy chains as both distributors and dispensers of painkillers. Those claims seek damages from the retail chains as distributors of painkillers but not as dispensers.

Customers line up at a drive thru self-swab coronavirus test site at a local CVS Pharmacy Sunday, June 14, 2020, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)CVS Health is reporting surprisingly strong second-quarter earnings in part due to postponed elective medical procedures during the pandemic, and it raised its profit expectations for the year. For the three months ended June 30, CVS earned $2.99 billion, or $2.26 per share. Adjusted for one-time gains and costs, earnings were $2.64 per share. CVS said Wednesday that the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in lower benefit costs due to the deferral of elective procedures and other discretionary use of its health care benefits segment.

The Arizona Department of Health Services posted on its website Monday another 1,104 cases of COVID-19 and eight additional deaths, bringing the statewide total number of coronavirus cases to 36,705 and related deaths to 1,194. Doug Ducey to take steps like requiring masks in public to slow a major increase in new coronavirus cases that has made the state a national hot spot. Arizona hospitals were treating a record number of coronavirus patients Tuesday amid a surge of new cases. The state's Health Services Department reported a record number of emergency room visits for the virus as well. #MaskUpAZ.During a news briefing last week where he pushed back on questions about a mask mandate, the governor insisted that the state's hospitals, while filling up, had the capacity to treat any expected surge in virus patients.

NEW YORK, NY U.S. stocks wobbled between small gains and losses in early trading Wednesday and major indexes hovered around record highs as investors digested the latest batch of corporate earnings. Investors have been focusing on mostly solid corporate earnings and encouraging economic reports over the last several weeks. Drugstore operator CVS and kidney dialysis provider DaVita both made strong gains following solid earnings reports. The Russell 2000 index of smaller company stocks fell 0.3%. INSURANCE PAYOFF: CVS Health rose 4.9% after reporting surprisingly good third-quarter earnings with some help from its insurance unit.

DETROIT - Detroit police are searching for a man wanted in connection with a CVS robbery on the city's east side. Police said the man walked into the CVS in the 10600 block of Gratiot Avenue around 10:50 a.m. Aug. 23. The cashier put money in a CVS bag, police said. Authorities said it's unclear if the man had a weapon, but he had his hand in his pocket, appearing to have one. Anyone with information is asked to call Detroit police at 313-596-5540 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-SPEAK-UP.

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(CNN) - Walgreens will close about 200 locations across the United States as part of its plan to cut costs. After buying roughly half of Rite Aid's stores two years ago, Walgreens expanded its American footprint to more than 9,500 stores. The planned closures represent less than 3% of Walgreens locations. Walgreens did not provide a list of the stores that it plans to close. Parent company Walgreens Boots Alliance announced in June it would close 200 of its more than 2,400 Boots stores in the United Kingdom.

Eastpointe police are seeking three women wanted in connection with retail theft at CVS on July 10, 2019. (WDIV)EASTPOINTE, Mich. - Eastpointe police are looking for three women who stole about $1,200 worth of hygiene products from CVS on July 10. Police said the women went into the store at 18640 9 Mile Road at 9:30 p.m. and stuffed the items into their purses. She told police she loaned the car to cousin, who loaned it to the women. Anyone with information about the women's identities is asked to call police at 586-445-5100, ext.

GARDEN CITY, Mich. - A woman is accused of stealing a credit card from a car and using it to make a purchase at a CVS in Garden City, police said. The woman walked into the CVS store at Ford and Inkster roads in Garden City around 2:10 a.m. Sunday, according to authorities. She used a credit card that had been stolen about an hour before to make a purchase, police said. The card had not yet been reported stolen, so the charges went through, officials said. The woman was about 5 feet, 6 inches tall and was wearing pink print pajama shorts, gray shoes and a gray zip-up hooded sweatshirt with the hood up.

Mandel Ngan/AFP/AFP/Getty ImagesDETROIT - Altaire Pharmaceuticals has issued a recall for several eye care products sold at CVS. The recall is precautionary, and the company has not received any reports of issues due to the ophthalmic products, according to officials. The recall was issued due to concerns about quality assurance at the manufacturing facility. Click here to view a list of the affected products. Copyright 2019 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.

DETROIT - Here's what's coming up on Local 4 News at Noon (watch the full episode above).16-year-old boy shot by Detroit police in attempted robbery at CVS on city's west sideDetroit police confirm they received a call of an armed robbery in progress. Once on scene they confronted at least two of the suspected robbers inside the store. 4th day of trial for driver accused of hitting, killing Michigan trooper Chad Wolf on I-75The trial continues Thursday for a man accused of hitting and killing Michigan State police trooper Chad Wolf. Charles Warren, of Waterford, is accused of hitting Wolf and dragging him under a trailer for miles Aug. 28, 2015 on Interstate 75 while Wolf was on patrol with his department-issued motorcycle. At NATO, Trump facing new questions about intel sharingPresident Donald Trump arrived at NATO headquarters here Thursday facing renewed questions about the security of intelligence shared with the United States.