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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.

The Rite Aid Foundation has announced a $50,000 donation to the American Red Cross West Virginia Region to help the victims, families and communities affected by last week's historic flooding.

MinuteClinic, the retail medical clinic of CVS Health, has opened six new locations inside Target stores in South Florida.

Representatives with the Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give have deemed the third annual tournament a success with an $850,000 donation to the retailer's Simply Give program, which restocks the shelves of its food pantry partners across the Midwest.

Meijer has opened new 192,000-square-foot supercenters in Flossmoor and Round Lake Beach, bringing shoppers more convenient access to a full-service pharmacy that makes family health care a priority.

The Kroger Co. has announced the retirement of Ralphs division President Donna Giordano, and the promotion of Valerie Jabbar to succeed her.

CVS Pharmacy has announced the expansion of its assortment of healthier foods and beverages to more than 2,900 stores nationwide.

Walgreens has implemented two programs in Washington to combat drug abuse, as part of a comprehensive national plan to address key contributors to the crisis.

CVS Health has announced that it will come together with the Orlando community to support the OneOrlando Fund to raise money for victims and families who have been affected by the Pulse nightclub tragedy.

In the lead up to National HIV Testing Day on June 27, 2016, Walgreens and Greater Than AIDS, a leading national public information response to the domestic HIV/AIDS epidemic, are teaming with health departments and local AIDS service organizations to offer free HIV testing and counseling about new prevention strategies.

Publix Super Markets Charities has announced that it will donate $250,000 to Strengthen Orlando in support of the OneOrlando Fund.

Quest Diagnostics and Safeway are teaming up to offer diagnostic testing in 12 Safeway locations across five states.

Theranos laboratory testing services will no longer be offered through any Walgreens locations.

MinuteClinic, the retail medical clinic of CVS Health, has opened eight new locations inside Target stores in Maryland, including six in the Baltimore metropolitan area.

In an effort to fill a critical need in healthcare accessibility throughout Mississippi, TelehealthONE announced an expanded program with Fred's Inc. to deliver walk-in telehealth kiosks to more Fred's Pharmacy locations.

The complete field for the 2016 Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give has been announced for the event June 14-19 at Blythefield Country Club.

CVS Health has announced that the first CVS Pharmacy locations in Target stores are now open in Oregon.

Cordis and the Cardinal Health Foundation will donate 11 million yen to Save the Children Japan to assist with restoration efforts for children and families affected by earthquakes that have struck Japan's Kumamoto and Oita prefectures since April 14 this year.

As Arizona public health officials work to stop the spread of a measles outbreak, CVS Health is offering the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine to people living in Maricopa and Pinal Counties, the areas exposed to confirmed cases of the illness.

Meijer has opened a new 192,000-square-foot supercenter in Sturgis, Michigan, bringing Southern Michigan shoppers better access to a full-service pharmacy that makes family health care a priority.