(New York Times) – Shuttered drugstores pose a particular threat to older adults, who take more medications than younger people and often rely on pharmacies for advice.

Nearly 30 percent of pharmacies in the United States closed between 2010 and 2021, according to a new study in the journal Health Affairs. After initial years of growth, the number of closures outpaced that of openings from 2018 to 2021.

“It’s an unprecedented decline,” said Dima Qato, the director of the medicines and public health program at the University of Southern California and the senior author of the study. (Read More)