HEALTH

DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens and the United Nations Foundation on Thursday kicked off the fifth year of the Get a Shot. Give a Shot. campaign. The campaign has helped to provide more than 20 million polio and measles vaccines to people in developing countries.

Now through Aug. 31, 2018, for every vaccination administered at Walgreens pharmacies, Healthcare Clinics or Duane Reade pharmacies, Walgreens will donate the value of a lifesaving vaccine through the UN Foundation’s Shot@Life campaign.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Global Market Development Center and MorningNewsBeat have partnered to launch an “Innovation Conversation” podcast series which will be delivered to the industry on at least a quarterly basis, the organizations announced Wednesday. Beginning this fall, the podcast will feature interviews, insights and education about market disrupters, and spotlight retail innovation and excellence.

WAUKESHA, Wis. — Hamacher Resource Group on Wednesday promoted Lisa Lopez to data assets manager. HRG’s data assets team is responsible for critical product content input into the HRG master database, as well as maintenance and review of data and images to ensure they are accurate and up-to-date.

WASHINGTON — The Council for Responsible Nutrition on Tuesday announced several keynote speakers for its upcoming event, The Conference, taking place Oct. 18–21 at The Ritz-Carlton in Marana, Ariz.

NEW YORK — A new report from Nielsen is highlighting the big role that easy-to-understand labels can play in driving product sales. The report shows that consumers want clarity from their product labels about what they contain, and that products with specific product claims are seeing dollar growth.

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Pharmavite and consumer retail software firm Qliktag Software announced Tuesday a partnership to incorporate SmartLabel across Pharmavite's line of Nature Made brand products.