Walgreens agrees to pay US up to $350m for illegally filling opioid prescriptions Drugstore chain settles with DoJ over claims it dispensed millions of unlawful prescriptions for more than a decade The Guardian - US · Apr 22, 2025
Pharmacists prescribe another round of US protests to highlight working conditions Drugstore employees around the country have started calling in sick to highlight a lack of support from their employers The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2023
Walgreens pharmacy staffers stage walkouts over work conditions Some Walgreens pharmacists are walking off the job this week over concerns about their working conditions The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2023
California to end drug contract with Walgreens after abortion dispute Gov. Gavin Newsom orders the state to not renew a contract with Walgreens after the company said it would not sell an abortion pill by mail in some conservative states. Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 9, 2023
GOP AGs threaten CVS over abortion pills More than a dozen attorneys general sent a threatening letter to the chains, citing a law from 1873 Salon · Feb 2, 2023
America’s three largest pharmacy chains ordered to pay $650.5m for helping fuel opioid crisis CVS, Walmart and Walgreens have to pay $86.7m in two years and remainder over nearly two decades The Independent UK · Aug 18, 2022
Texas workers travel to Uvalde to help after school shooting Workers at chain restaurants, retail stores from across Texas provide respite for residents after deadly mass shooting. Al Jazeera · May 27, 2022