Nationwide events featured free health screenings and affordable immunizations.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart invited communities to get healthy ahead of a new school year at Walmart Wellness Day on Saturday, July 23, from 10 a.m. – 2p.m. local time, where customers received free glucose, cholesterol, BMI and blood pressure screenings as well as affordable immunizations like tetanus, hepatitis, HPV, COVID-19 and more at pharmacies nationwide.

Walmart Wellness Day encouraged families to get healthy and stay on a healthy track by helping them know their numbers and then seek care to improve their lifestyles. Knowing their numbers is just a start, but additional, helpful information allows customers to make decisions and track their health improvement. Walmart Wellness Day was also a great time for customers to learn about our health and wellness offerings and solutions.

More than 4,600 Walmart pharmacies across the country hosted Walmart Wellness Day events on July 23. Select stores also featured vision screenings to make it even easier for customers to access the resources they need. Walmart Wellness Day events featured the following health resources, administered by qualified pharmacy and Vision Center teams:

• Free health screenings, including glucose, cholesterol, blood pressure, body mass index and vision screenings (select locations)
• Affordable immunizations, including pneumonia, tetanus, HPV, measles, mumps, rubella (MMR), varicella (chicken pox/shingles), whooping cough (TDAP), Hep A & B and more
• No-cost COVID-19 vaccines
• Wellness resources and the opportunity to talk with pharmacists

Routine eye exams are an important part of taking care of your whole health. Several Vision Centers recently remodeled and updated into state-of-the-art facilities with an all-new customer experience featuring family tables, full-length mirrors for a functional try-on atmosphere, newly designed and interactive shelving, semi-private spaces for associate consultations and more.

“An exciting time of the year is approaching fast, and we look forward to offering these health and wellness resources for families as they gear up for school,” said Kevin Host, Walmart’s senior vice president of pharmacy. “Wellness Day allows us to continue helping our communities live better and healthier through free screenings, affordable immunizations and other solutions. The back-to-school season is a busy one, and these are ways we hope to provide some easy, convenient options for our customers.”

Kevin Host continued, “Health care delivery is something we’re always innovating through not just our pharmacies but also through Walmart Health Virtual Care and Walmart Health Centers. Our goal is to offer care for our customers when and where they need it.”