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NEW YORK — Walgreens joins Allstate, Unilever and Microsoft in supporting the first-ever WE Day for New York City, the companies announced Wednesday.

WE Day, a series of life-changing stadium-sized events that take place around the world to celebrate the power of community service, announced its expansion to the tri-state area this spring. WE Day New York Welcome will take place on April 6 at Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan.  

DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens and PeopleForBikes on Tuesday joined together to introduce "Ride On for Red Nose Day,” two four-day professional-grade road cycling experiences that will begin April 30 to help support Red Nose Day’s mission to end child poverty.
 

DEERFIELD, Ill. — Judging from the heat map released Thursday as part of the Walgreens Flu Index, flu incidence is in full swing across much of America.

For the week of Feb. 5, the top 10 markets currently experiencing flu activity are:

DEERFIELD, Ill.  — Walgreens recently unveiled a three-pronged strategy to better engage its customers and patients through digital, including the marketing of user-generated content through hyper-local news outlets (both print and digital) and amplifying that original content through additional VIPs and social boosting.

And the results have been promising, Walgreens shared with Drug Store News.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than 100 retailers and trade associations, including Walgreens Boots Alliance, Rite Aid, Walmart and Target, have joined the Americans for Affordable Products coalition in an effort to stop the Border Adjustment Tax, otherwise known as BAT, which is a component of the U.S. House Republican tax reform proposal.

DEERFIELD, Ill. — Influenza activity is spreading steadily throughout the central U.S. as Oklahoma and Texas continue to boast the most citizens impacted by influenza-like illnesses, according to the latest Walgreens Flu Index released Thursday.

The Flu Index shows which populations are experiencing the most incidences of influenza each week based on Index methodology.

The top 10 markets for the week of Jan. 29 are: