drugstore

I’m old enough to remember the day when CVS, the big drugstore company, opted to get even bigger by acquiring the health insurer Aetna.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

As with age-related merchandise at the drugstore, the stories are available to anyone, but they will have special application for those who have reached what the excessively tactful used to call “a certain age.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

The drugstore chain Walgreens has seen a double-digit jump in sales of cold and flu medications as well as cough drops, according to a report in ABC News.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

According to a 2022 inspection report, when the drugstore was asked, “How are you storing these?” because they’re not in the logs, he said, “It’s supposed to be a little bit freezing.”

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

They also weren’t allowed in the drugstore or the movie theater or the A&P or the Tasti-Lunch Diner.

From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson

The drugstores probably deserve a bit better valuation than Walgreens, too.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

There are its namesake drugstores, but also pharmacy-benefits manager Caremark, insurer Aetna, primary-care center Oak Street Health, and in-home services provider Signify Health.

From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026

We checked out two intersections that used to have two drugstores each, and all four of them are closed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2026

The concept of prescription vending machines isn’t novel; consumer-facing automated pharmacy kiosks date back to the mid-2000s, when San Diego-based automated-pharmacy company Asteres began introducing its ScriptCenter machines in drugstores and grocery stores.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2025

Magazines, brought from Earth on the silver rocket a month before, fluttered, untouched, burning brown, on wire racks fronting the silent drugstores.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury