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Walgreens launches 24/7 same-day delivery at nearly 400 stores

1 December 2022

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In the e-commerce era, customers expect to be able to order and receive anything, anywhere at any...

Wing to begin US commercial drone deliveries in Texas this week

4 April 2022

Alphabet drone delivery subsidiary Wing will launch its first commercial U.S. drone delivery service this week in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area

Following through on a partnership that was announced this past October, Alphabet drone subsidiary Wing and national retailer Walgreens are launching a drone delivery service in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area, marking Wing’s first commercially available U.S. drone delivery service.

The new offering, which will become available to tens of thousands of residents of the suburbs of Frisco and Little Elm beginning Monday, has been a long time coming for Wing. The company has been testing its...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/wing-to-begin-us-commercial-drone-deliveries-in-texas-this-week

Alphabet drone delivery arm Wing set to deliver in cities

21 October 2021

Wing, the subsidiary of Alphabet/Google, bringing drone delivery service to Dallas-Fort Worth

Drones have delivered some pretty cool things in 2021. Zipline drones have delivered hundreds of thousands of COVID-19 vaccines to people in rural Africa and the suburbs of the United States. Drones from Flytrex are flying chicken from El Pollo Loco to customers in Southern California. Drones were even used as part of an organ transplant procedure when Airspace Link and Workhorse Group partnered to deliver 3D-printed kidneys.

All of these deliveries have one thing in common, though; none of them...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/alphabet-drone-delivery-arm-wing-set-to-deliver-in-cities

Getting Rid of Covid Needs a Global Undertaking

6 June 2021

Getting Rid of Covid Needs a Global Undertaking, says an article on Richmond.

Global Undertaking

Achieving independence from COVID-19 is a global undertaking. We need coordination and collaboration to help every country get vaccinated.

In March, on the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, President Joe Biden targeted July 4 as a time when Americans could not only celebrate our independence as a nation but from the virus, too. “A July 4th with your loved ones is the goal,” Biden said. “But...

https://mfame.guru/getting-rid-of-covid-needs-a-global-undertaking/

Rite Aid joins same-day delivery crowd with DoorDash offering

11 May 2021

Rite Aid adds same-day delivery with DoorDash

Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD)has joined the race for same-day delivery dominance, striking a deal with DoorDash (NYSE: DASH) to provide delivery of nonprescription health, convenience and wellness products. The items can be ordered through the DoorDash app or website for delivery from one of Rite Aid’s more than 2,100 locations in 17 states.

“At Rite Aid, we want our customers to have as many options as possible to shop our selection at nearby stores,” said Katie Finnegan, chief customer experience and...

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Medically Necessary: IT systems slow vaccine rollout, new vaccines add complications

16 February 2021

A CVS pharmacy in Mass. begins administering COVID-19 vaccines (Credit: Scott Eisen/CVS Health)

Good Afternoon. Medically Necessary is a newsletter about the health care supply chain, how we get drugs, devices and medical supplies to health care providers and patients.

Convoluted IT systems slowing vaccine rollout

Image credit: Ahm masum

The problem: The process for sharing data about COVID-19 vaccine distribution is a convoluted Rube Goldberg machine and it’s slowing down the vaccine campaign.

The background: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lists six different software systems

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/medically-necessary:-it-systems-slow-vaccine-rollout-new-vaccines-add-complications