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Minnesota city council boosts vending restrictions
June 19, 2026
The city council in Superior, Minnesota, has expanded restrictions on vending machine sales by adopting an ordinance that bans the sale of all age-restricted…
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UK trade group organizes DRS resource hub
June 17, 2026
The Association of Convenience Stores, a U.K. trade organization representing thousands of convenience retailers, has launched a new online resource hub to…
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Technology meets public health in South Carolina
June 16, 2026
Innovative Solutions Consulting & Counseling Group, working with the South Carolina Opioid Recovery Fund and the City of Columbia Office of Neighborhood…
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Florida clinic pilots prescription vending
June 15, 2026
Lee Health has partnered with Vend-Rx to install a prescription dispensing vending machine at its Convenient Care clinic on Pine Island Road in Cape Coral…
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Georgia builds statewide naloxone access network
June 12, 2026
A new outdoor naloxone vending machine has been installed outside Little Five Points Pharmacy in Atlanta as part of a statewide effort to expand…
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InventHelp inventor develops vending machine for feminine hygiene products
June 10, 2026
An inventor from Lake Stevens, Washington, has developed a concept for a new vending machine designed to provide women with convenient access to feminine…
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Hygiene vending machine helps meet basic needs for North Carolina youth
June 9, 2026
The Boys & Girls Club of Henderson County, North Carolina, has installed a vending machine that provides free hygiene products to young people, according…
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Wisconsin county adds free gun locks to health vending machines
May 12, 2026
Officials in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, have expanded a public health vending machine initiative to include free gun trigger locks and cable locks aimed at…
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Tennessee school gets hygiene vending machine
May 5, 2026
Regional health plan brand Wellpoint Tennessee, in partnership with Archie's Promise, has installed a hygiene vending machine at East Ridge Middle School in…
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Calif. county expands Health to Go vending program
April 24, 2026
Sonoma County, California, is expanding its Health To Go vending machine program with four 24-hour locations in Petaluma, Sonoma Valley, Roseland and Rohnert…
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Wisconsin university students call for health vending machine
April 20, 2026
The Student Senate at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire has approved a proposal to install a health and wellness vending machine on campus, according to a…
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Pennsylvania university deploys wellness vending machine
April 13, 2026
Pennsylvania's Millersville University has installed a wellness vending machine in the Student Memorial Center, according to a Millersville News report…
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Packaged ice trade group reacts to vending machine lead study
April 10, 2026
The International Packaged Ice Association is calling for stronger oversight of vending kiosks and similar retail formats, according to a press release.
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Oakland airport to get COVID test vending machine
April 9, 2026
Travelers passing through California's Oakland International Airport will soon have access to a vending machine that dispenses COVID-19 test kits, according to…
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Pepperdine SGA to fund health vending machine
April 6, 2026
Pepperdine University's Student Government Association has approved $6,000 in funding for a new vending machine at the Student Health Center, designed to…
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Vending as social infrastructure: Expanding access to essential goods
by Richard Slawsky — Editor, Connect Media
The notion of vending machines delivering public services isn't new. Using those machines to deliver overdose-reversal medications has been expanding across…
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Philadelphia makes baby supplies available via vending
April 2, 2026
Maternity Care Coalition is launching an initiative in the Philadelphia region that uses vending-style kiosks to distribute free baby essentials and hygiene…
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New York honors naloxone vending proponent
April 1, 2026
Public health vending machines, aimed at combating overdose deaths, are among the innovations being recognized as New York City honors municipal workers at the…
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New York law could require contraception vending on college campuses
March 26, 2026
A proposed New York law, the Emergency Contraception Act, would require every campus in the State University of New York and the City University of New York…
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InventHelp inventor develops sports vending machine
March 2, 2026
An inventor from Akron, Ohio, has developed Vendi Sports, a vending machine designed to provide convenient access to sporting goods such as tennis balls…
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