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Walgreens to open 10 primary care practices in Mass.

A man who was injured in a police shooting in Revere, Massachusetts, was ordered held without bail Monday on charges that he shot at police officers responding to a call Friday night of an armed man acting erratically on one of the city’s busiest streets. Daniel Cote, 32, of Revere, was arraigned Monday in Chelsea District Court on charges of…

One suspect was shot in the leg and taken to a local hospital with what’s considered a non-life threatening injury, Revere police said.

A person was injured Friday night in a police shooting that happened on a street in between a Walgreens pharmacy and TD Bank in Revere, Massachusetts. Revere police said around 9:30 p.m. that they were investigating the shooting at Broadway and Fernwood Avenue. One suspect was shot in the leg and taken to a local hospital with what’s considered...

Most of the defendants in Florida’s lawsuit over the opioid epidemic have settled for more than $870 million, according to the state attorney general

Biotechnology entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes, a former billionaire accused of engineering a massive scam, expressed some remorse while on the witness stand Tuesday, but denied trying to conceal that her company’s blood-testing methods weren’t working as she had promised.

Holiday season could strain COVID-19 home test supplies as more Americans try to screen themselves before Thanksgiving and other family gatherings

A 15-year-old teenager who went missing in Wakefield, Massachusetts, has been found, police said. Lilyana Halliday had last been seen Tuesday afternoon outside of a Walgreens in the town with a friend, Wakefield police said. No further information was immediately available.

Two national pharmacy chains that the federal government entrusted to inoculate people against COVID-19 account for the lion’s share of wasted vaccine doses, according to government data obtained by KHN.

How do you schedule an appointment at local pharmacies and which vaccine will you get? Here’s what you need to know.

Arkansas’ attorney general is accusing Walgreens of fueling the opioid crisis in the state in a new lawsuit

Mainers are able to get their vaccine shots at Walgreens starting on Thursday.

As part of a national push to get doses of the coronavirus vaccine directly to pharmacies, 18 CVS locations in Massachusetts are slated to receive shipments starting next Thursday. “This will provide more sites for people to get vaccinated in their communities and it’s an important component to delivering vaccines equitably,” White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Jeff Zeints said. The…

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday said he will next week lift a stay-at-home advisory and an order requiring all businesses close by 9:30 p.m. as health officials see encouraging trends in the state’s COVID-19 data. The orders will be lifted Monday at 5 a.m., Baker said, adding the moves were possible because COVID-19 hospitalizations and the state’s average...

Coronavirus vaccines are being rolled out at pharmacies across Massachusetts, a happy day for people who got their first dose.

Massachusetts residents, qualified to get a COVID-19 vaccine, are beginning to have more options of places to get vaccinated.

A group of about 94,000 people living and working in group homes, shelters and correctional facilities is next up for coronavirus vaccinations in Massachusetts. This group, officially defined as those who are part of congregate care facilities, will become eligible on Monday to receive the first of two shots, the Baker administration announced Wednesday. Staff and residents in this category...

A man was arrested after allegedly pulling a gun after an argument about masks in a Massachusetts Walgreens store last week, police said. Like all stores across the commonwealth, the Bridgewater location of Walgreens requires a mask to enter. One man inside Friday evening was upset that another was not wearing a facial covering. Police say the confrontation escalated, spilling…

Two women have been charged with stealing items from a Walgreens in San Francisco and escaping by coughing at employees and claiming to have the coronavirus

Thousands of people will soon be able to drive to a nearby parking lot, swab their noses and find out within minutes if they have the coronavirus. CVS Health and Walgreens each opened one drive-thru testing location last month — but they’re now expanding the number of sites and opening them to the general public. Their first drive-thrus were restricted to first...