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Walgreens has launched its safe medication disposal kiosk program in Illinois with the installation of drug take-back kiosks at 45 stores in Illinois.

Meijer has kicked off the fall campaign of its signature hunger relief program, Simply Give, across its six-state footprint in an effort to help local food pantry partners restock their shelves.

Publix Super Markets has announced its support of the City of Lakeland, the Detroit Tigers, and the Lakeland Flying Tigers by sponsoring the naming rights of Tigertown field.

Results from a new study, developed in collaboration between Walgreens and the University of Chicago, suggest that pharmacy interventions and benefit plan designs with low co-pays could be key factors in helping to improve adherence to statin medications for patients living in minority communities.

The Kroger Co. has announced that it will hold open interviews in its stores nationwide on Tuesday, August 9.

Walgreens is now offering vaccinations that provide protection against most strains of serogroup B meningococcal disease at all of its pharmacies.

AmerisourceBergen has debuted several new programs to help independent pharmacies improve business performance while meeting growing patient need.

CVS Health and Adapt Pharma have announced a new partnership that will make the opioid overdose-reversing drug Narcan Nasal Spray more affordable for patients without insurance at CVS Pharmacy locations.

The 13 winners of the first multi-year E3 Patient Safety Grants from the Cardinal Health Foundation are striving to improve health outcomes for high-risk patients more quickly than the industry norm.

Rite Aid's 4,600 stores nationwide are stocked with all the essentials to help students prepare for the upcoming school year.

CVS Health has established a standing order with physicians in Texas that allows CVS Pharmacy to expand access to the medication across the state.

In the first national effort of its kind by a retailer, Walgreens has installed safe medication disposal kiosks at 288 pharmacies across 21 states and Washington DC.

Ralphs Grocery Company has announced that it is raising funds to support after-school education programs in Southern California.

The Kroger Co. has announced an agreement for Axium to acquire the outstanding shares of ModernHEALTH, a leading specialty pharmacy, to create a combined specialty pharmacy that will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Kroger Co.

The Rite Aid Foundation's KidCents program has announced a $25,000 donation to the Downtown Boxing Gym Youth Program, a Detroit-based nonprofit that empowers Detroit youth to be positive and productive members of society through education, athletics, mentorship and intervention.

Avella Specialty Pharmacy has distributed its fifth issue of Dispensing Excellence, a publication for healthcare providers, nurses, medical assistants and their patients.

With new Antimicrobial Stewardship requirements announced for implementation in 2017, Cardinal Health has launched its Antimicrobial Stewardship Program.

Publix Super Markets Inc. has announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase 10 Virginia stores from Ahold USA Inc.'s affiliate, Giant/Martin's.

The Pharmacy Quality Alliance has announced an expansion of its team by bringing on board two new staff and promoting an individual from the existing PQA team into a new position.

The PQA has announced that the PQA-endorsed measure, Use of Opioids at High Dosage in Persons Without Cancer, has been included in the Medicaid Adult Core Set of Measures for federal fiscal year 2016.

Tina Miller, MS, RD, has been named president of the Michigan Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

Fred's Pharmacy provided more than 100,000 preventative screening touch-points during its first quarter of 2016.

To help patients prepare for a safe and healthy travel season this summer and beyond, MinuteClinic has added several new travel-related services and immunizations.

Walgreens will participate in the U.S. Precision Medicine Initiative Cohort Program through an initial $20 million grant awarded to The Scripps Research Institute by the National Institutes of Health.

The CVS Health Foundation has announced a new grant to the American Academy of Pediatrics to help improve counseling by all pediatric health care providers around tobacco and exposure to secondhand smoke.

To show support for service members, their families, and veterans, the Kroger Co. family of stores has released a thank you video as part of its summer-long Honoring Our Heroes campaign.

Hannaford Supermarkets recently donated 4,000 cases of food to hunger-relief organizations in the Northeast, the final installment of $1.19 million in cash and product donated to food banks, pantries and meal programs through the Hannaford Helps Fight Hunger Campaign.

CVS Health was joined by U.S. Congressman Ben Ray Luján, New Mexico Secretary of Health Lynn Gallagher, and Santa Fe County Sheriff Robert A. Garcia to highlight the availability of naloxone at all CVS Pharmacy locations in New Mexico.

Walgreens customers now have the ability to redeem paperless coupons from Walgreens and manufacturers for online purchases, as well as in-store purchases.

Publix has been ranked No. 74 on Fortune magazine's 2016 list of 100 Best Workplaces for Millennials."