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Boston City Council addresses pharmaceutical inequities, provides final approval for designation of City landmarks

Jit Ping Lee November 11, 2022
Boston City Council addressed Walgreens shutting down three locations in primarily minority communities and its impact of pharmaceutical inequity Wednesday during their weekly meeting.
person holding a narcan demonstration device

Seven North Shore cities encourage residents to carry Narcan

Sam Trottenberg April 2, 2021
A new campaign seeks to curb opioid overdoses through education and increased access to medication.
Fenway Park vaccination site

State extends vaccination appointments to residents 65 plus, those with certain health conditions

Molly Farrar February 23, 2021
An additional 1 million people are now eligible to schedule appointments, according to the press release, but due to “extremely high demand for appointments and limited vaccine supply,” it could take some residents more than a month to schedule one.
Boston University is deciding what to do with its space at 730 Commonwealth Avenue after the CVS previously located there closed on Dec. 1. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

CVS closes down, BU still deciding how to repurpose space

Emily Stevenson December 8, 2020
The CVS store at 730 Commonwealth Ave closed Dec. 1 after it decided not to renew its lease with BU.
“Trial 4,” a Netflix docuseries released on Wednesday, follows the four trials of Dorchester native Sean Ellis in a famous Boston murder case from 1993. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

REVIEW: ‘Trial 4’ brings attention to famous Boston murder case

Connor Allen November 13, 2020
Netflix’s newest docuseries recounts the 1993 murder of Boston police Detective John Mulligan and the trials of Dorchester’s Sean Ellis.
Purdue Pharma L.P. pleaded guilty on Oct. 21 to criminal charges for the company's marketing and selling of opioids, which led to a nationwide opioid crisis. NICOLAS TEPPER/DFP FILE

BU professors analyze Purdue Pharma shutdown, aftermath

Kyla Denisevich November 6, 2020
Around 450,000 people have died from opioids since the turn of the century, and many companies are to blame for the drug's overprescription and misuse.

CVS to discontinue all tobacco by October 1

Daily Free Press Admin February 5, 2014

Because CVS Caremark wants to avoid selling tobacco products alongside healthcare products, the company announced Wednesday that all CVS stores in the United States will no longer sell tobacco products. Each...

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