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, ...

When patients leave the ER at Ridgeview Medical Center in Waconia, MN, there aren't a lot of pharmacy options. The closest 24-hour pharmacy is 20 miles away, and many of the patients live in the ...

Vending machines have dispensed Plan B emergency oral contraceptive—the so-called “morning-after pill”—on college campuses since at least 2017. Arizona State University and Florida State University ...

If you or older members of your family tend to rely on large complex medication requirements you might be interested in a new well-being monitor created by the engineers at Longevica in the form of ...

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 ...

Chronically ill patients taking several drugs each day may not need to worry about medication errors anymore, thanks to Larry Shusterman. A physician and former pharmacist, Shusterman developed a way ...

The Middlesex Sheriff’s Office is marking the first year of its naloxone vending machine, saying it was accessed 205 times in ...

Western Illinois University has partnered with CVS Health and added a new vending machine to campus, now available in the University Union's One Stop Rocky Shop. The self-service kiosk offers a ...

Vending machines in Maryland can now stock everything from allergy relief to some contraception along with candy or chips under a new state law. Over-the-counter medications, which can be bought off ...

If you use multiple medications and think you don't need a pill organizer or pill dispenser, think again. "Pill organizers are often considered an 'elderly' item, but they can be very helpful ...