Dr. Carol Bridges is a Montana primary care physician fighting for the right to dispense medication to her patients. One of the biggest things primary care doctors struggle with is getting patients to ...

Physician medication dispensing refers to the practice of doctors dispensing medication directly to patients instead of writing prescriptions which patients then take to a pharmacy to be filled. While ...

The Hy-Vee Pharmacy at 410 N. Ankeny Blvd. in Ankeny, Iowa. (Photo via Google Earth) An Ankeny pharmacy has been fined $1,000 for dispensing the wrong medication to a customer and then failing to ...

Every day, roughly 130 people die in the United States from misuse of and addiction to opioids, including both prescription pain relievers, as well as drugs like heroin and fentanyl. Several studies ...

DEERFIELD, Ill. -- CVS and Walgreens said they've received certification to dispense mifepristone, a pill that's part of a regimen for medication abortion, and will start making the medicine available ...

CVS and Walgreens said they’ve received certification to dispense mifepristone, a pill that’s part of a regimen for medication abortion, and will start making the medicine available in a limited ...

On 7th Street in northwest Washington, D.C., within sight of a children’s playground, stands a vending machine sponsored by a group called “HIPS” and the city’s health department. The vending machine ...

When Martin Njoku saw opioid addiction devastate his West Virginia community, he felt compelled to help. This was the place he'd called home for three decades, where he'd raised his two girls and ...

Corrections departments are responsible for so many burdensome tasks that many of their everyday functions, like administering prescription drugs to inmates, are afterthoughts for the public. However, ...