Almost 30% of U.S. drugstores were shuttered within a decade. Here’s why

The closures have left Black and Latino neighborhoods particularly vulnerable. Nearly three out of 10 U.S. drugstores that were open during the previous decade had closed by 2021, new research shows.Black and Latino neighborhoods were most vulnerable to the retail pharmacy closures, which can chip away at already-limited care options in those communities, researchers said in a study published Tuesday in Health Affairs.The trend has potentially gained momentum since the study’s...