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Walgreens Flu Index: Flu continues to rage across Texas
DEERFIELD, Ill. — The Walgreens Flu Index for the week of Jan. 22 is picking up on significant rising incidence throughout the Lone Star State — the three markets with the greatest amount of flu incidence gains in the past week are all in Texas.
According to the Texas Influenza Surveillance Report, for the week ending Jan. 14, the percentage of doctor and hospital visits for influenza-like illnesses appoached 6%.
For the week of Jan. 22, the top 10 markets as measured by flu activity were:
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Walgreens increases regular quarterly dividend
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens Boots Alliance on Thursday announced that its board of directors has declared a regular quarterly dividend of 37.5 cents per share, an increase of 4.2% over the year-ago period.
Walgreens Boots Alliance and its predecessor company, Walgreens, have paid a dividend in 337 straight quarters (more than 84 years) and have raised the dividend for 41 consecutive years.
The dividend is payable March 10, 2017 to stockholders of record as of Feb. 15, 2017.
