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Hartig Drug Company Donates Over $6,000 to United Way for Over the Edge!

DUBUQUE, Iowa -Hartig Drug Company CEO Charlie Hartig and MedOne Pharmacy Benefit Solutions CEO Wes Hartig are going Over the Edge for United Way of Dubuque Area Tri-States on Friday, September 9, 2022, at 2 p.m.

Following a successful campaign, Hartig Drug collected and donated over $6,000.00 to United Way, securing two "Edger" spots at the Over the Edge event. Together, the Hartig brothers will rappel down the side of the MidWestOne Bank building located at 895 Main St, Dubuque, IA 52001.

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Hartig Drug Company is now offering flu shots and the recently approved bivalent Covid-19 boosters at all locations. To continue efforts to decrease the spread of influenza and Covid-19, Hartig Drug will support co-administration of the flu and Covid-19 vaccines during a single pharmacy visit, per Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines.

The CDC strongly encourages those over the age of 6 months old to receive a flu shot to help protect themselves and their communities from vaccine-preventable illnesses and decrease potential hospitalizations. Hartig Drug offers a quadrivalent

Hartig Drug locations in Dubuque, Bellevue, Galena, Platteville, and Preston will have slight changes to their store operating hours. We appreciate our patients' and customers' understanding as we transition to these hours.

See below the updated store hours and effective dates.

Effective Sunday, June 5, 2022

Dubuque, IA – Locust St.

Monday-Friday - Store & Pharmacy: 8:00 am – 6:00 pm

Saturday - Store & Pharmacy: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Sunday - Store & Pharmacy: CLOSED

DUBUQUE, Iowa – As the current impact of Covid-19 rises in the tri-state area, Hartig Drug Company is offering free at-home Covid-19 tests.

Individuals with prescription insurance or Medicare coverage can order at-home tests online at hartigdrug.com/covid. Customers may select in-store pickup or delivery and can order 8 tests per person per month. Each individual must fill out a separate online order form, even if part

DUBUQUE, Iowa – Sarah Vandermillen, PharmD, is the newest Pharmacist at Hartig Drug in Galena, Illinois. You have probably seen her smiling face for some time now. Sarah also floats to other Hartig Drug locations about one day per week.

Sarah is originally from East Dubuque, Illinois, and attended undergraduate school at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa. She graduated from the University of Illinois Chicago College of Pharmacy in 2021 in Rockford, Illinois.

Sarah has worked for Hartig Drug since 2014, previously working as a pharmacy technician. It was an excellent way to gain experience

DUBUQUE, Iowa – Hartig Drug Company now has second booster doses of the mRNA Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccine available for select individuals.

After approval from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the following individuals are eligible to receive a second Covid-19 booster dose:

• People ages 12 years and older who are moderately or severely immunocompromised may choose to receive a second booster dose at least 4 months after the first booster dose.
• People ages 50

DUBUQUE, Iowa – Hartig Drug Company is now distributing free N95 masks at all locations in collaboration with the federal government and its Strategic National Stockpile.

N95 masks are available at no cost to individuals and are limited to three per person. Customers and patients should look for signage near the registers for the masks.

Hartig Drug is also partnering with numerous tri-state area long-term care facilities providing N95 masks to their residents and staff to ensure their needs are met.

For additional information about the free N95 masks, please visit the CDC’s

DUBUQUE, Iowa – Hartig Drug Company now offers free self-collection Covid-19 PCR test kits at all of its 23 locations in Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin.

Through a partnership with testing company eTrueNorth, these lab-based PCR test kits increase the availability of testing throughout the communities Hartig Drug serves and provide a more accurate Covid-19 test result.

“We are excited to expand our Covid-19 testing partnership with eTrueNorth. Hartig Drug has already facilitated thousands of Covid-19 tests in the tri-states. This new program will expand our reach and allow all of

DUBUQUE, Iowa – Hartig Drug Company announces today that Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine booster doses are now available for 12 to 17-year-olds at least 5 months after their second dose. At this time, Pfizer-BioNTech is the only Covid-19 vaccine booster authorized for 12 to 17-year-olds.

This announcement follows the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) endorsement of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommendations for preventing Covid-19.

The CDC and  Food and Drug Administration (FDA) also announced earlier this week

DUBUQUE, Iowa – Recognizing the significant demand in the Galena area for Moderna Covid-19 booster shots, two Hartig Drug Pharmacists answer the community's call.

Khris Moser, RPh, and Sarah Vandermillen, PharmD, have graciously added extra shifts to their schedules and are forfeiting their weekends off to provide two Moderna Covid-19 booster shot clinics at the Galena Hartig Drug. The clinics will be held from 10 am - 4 pm on Sat., December 11, and Sat., December 18.

“We saw a need arise as our scheduling system quickly filled with appointments for the Moderna