Following is a summary of current health news briefs.
Come for your drugs, leave with more shopping: Walmart's newgrowth strategy?
Walmart Inc’s efforts to develop closer ties withhealth insurer Humana Inc, which came to light onThursday, point to a brave new world of retail where superstoresbecome healthcare centers offering basic medical care. They arealso aimed at boosting Walmart's slowing growth inbrick-and-mortar store sales as it faces increasing pressureonline from Amazon.com Inc. Deepening its existingpartnership with Humana, or even acquiring the company outright,could be a step toward turning its 4,700 or so