Pharmacy

As Rite Aid stores close across the country, closures in Traverse City leave valuable real estate behind.

Those located in rural communities sometimes have difficulty accessing prescriptions. Local pharmacies in areas like Alpena have been stepping in the fill the gaps, but it may be hurting the businesses in the long run.

Michigan bills to increase access to birth control received a House committee hearing Tuesday. The legislation would give trained pharmacists the power to prescribe certain birth control methods, like contraceptive patches.

Starting next year, the skies over Washtenaw County will be a bit busier: drones will be delivering packages of medicine, according to officials with Michigan Medicine.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday signed an executive order allowing pharmacists to offer emergency refills of prescription medications during the…

A bill on its way to Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s desk would let people pick up prescription drugs from sites not staffed by a licensed pharmacist.…