Walmart to start offering key service for women's health in new direct competition with CVS & Walgreens

WALMART has announced a new partnership that will expand women's healthcare access and directly compete with multiple big-name pharmacy retailers.

The retail giant has expanded its partnership with RadNet to provide mammograms at multiple locations across the nation.

RadNet is a diagnostic imaging center with 366 locations across the United States and runs about 5% of all mammogram imaging provided in the country.

The two companies partnered in 2023, running a pilot program that achieved enough success to expand the program elsewhere, reported The Street .

Mammograms are x-ray imaging of a woman's breast meant to detect early signs of breast cancer.

The machine works by compressing breast tissue flat between too plates and then imaging the area like a normal x-ray but with a low