COVID-19

This month, David Orgel takes a look at how retailers continue to broaden their health initiatives to meet a wider range of consumer needs.

Gilead Sciences' Veklury has been approved to treat hospitalized patients with COVID-19 who are 12 years old and older.

Heather Schultz, a Meijer pharmacist, highlighted the importance of flu vaccines during a U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation event.

After 22 years at NACDS, Don Bell is retiring from his role as senior vice president of health policy and general counsel.

The Department of Health and Human Services has authorized qualified pharmacy technicians and state-authorized pharmacy interns to administer childhood vaccines, COVID-19 vaccines when made available, and COVID-19 tests.

New safety measures Target will be implementing include contactless in-store payments, allowing pre-shopping trip reservations and adding MyCheckout devices to stores.

The company now is offering COVID-19 tests for those 3 years old and older, expanding from its previous testing age cutoff of 18 years old and older. 

More than 8,000 Higi stations will display NACDS messaging that encourages them to talk to their pharmacist about the flu vaccine.