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The use of homeopathic medicines as part of a self-care solution to treat such ailments as the common cold or back pain is becoming more and more commonplace through conventional channels. While a Harvard survey on the use of homeopathy published earlier this year in the American Journal of Public Health revealed that only 2.1% of U.S. adults have used homeopathy in the past 12 months, conventional outlets including Walmart, CVS Health and Rite Aid command 86.5% of the homeopathic dollar share, according to SPINSscan (powered by IRI).

WOONSOCKET, R.I. - CVS Health on Wednesday announced the rollout of Project Health, its annual free health services campaign, at select CVS Pharmacy locations in 10 multicultural communities across the country. Beginning Thursday, Sept. 8 and running through Dec. 18, nearly $8 million worth of free health services will be delivered at more than 500 Project Health events.

Since 2006, Project Health has delivered more than $112 million worth of free health care services to nearly 872,000 people, many of whom are uninsured or underinsured.

WOONSOCKET, R.I. - CVS Health on Tuesday launched an in-store fundraising campaign at CVS Pharmacy locations nationwide to benefit Stand Up To Cancer, a program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation, that supports innovative cancer research that gets new therapies to patients quickly to save more lives.

Eight young moms in the Boston area are getting a new start in life after completing a pharmacy technician training program through a partnership with CVS Health and a Massachusetts nonprofit, according to the Boston Globe.

The nonprofit, Roca, aims to keep high-risk young men and women out of jail and off the streets, and to give them a future, according to the Globe.

WOONSOCKET, R.I. - CVS Health and the CVS Health Foundation on Thursday announced a $100,000 donation in cash and in-kind support to organizations providing relief efforts to flood victims in central Louisiana, including the Salvation Army USA Southern Territory and the American Red Cross.

WOONSOCKET, R.I. – CVS Pharmacy is brewing its own new product innovation with the recent introduction of a first-to-market product format - a cold remedy prepared using a single-cup brewing system such as Keurig.

The CVS Health Cold & Flu Relief Single Serve Cups was created with customer needs in mind, as the innovation team within CVS Pharmacy Store Brands identified an opportunity to combine the convenience of a single-brew coffee maker with the benefits of a soothing warm beverage to ease cold and flu symptoms.

WOONSOCKET, R.I. - CVS Health announced Wednesday that the opioid overdose-reversal medication naloxone is now available without a prescription at all CVS Pharmacy locations in Colorado.