Health & Fitness

RSM Walmart Offers Free Health, Cholesterol Screenings Saturday

Low-cost immunizations, plus free COVID-19 vaccines also available at the Wellness Day event in Rancho Santa Margarita.

For families with children soon heading back to school, the immunizations offered meet required California standards.
For families with children soon heading back to school, the immunizations offered meet required California standards. (Lorraine Swanson/Patch)

RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, CA — Walmart pharmacies in Orange County, including in Rancho Santa Margarita, are hosting a "Wellness Day" Saturday, July 23, with free health screenings and COVID-19 vaccines, plus low-cost immunizations.

The event will be 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with some stores featuring vision screenings, as well.

Among services offered:

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

Many of the offered vaccines are required for California schools. K-12 public schools require immunizations for whooping cough (Tdap), polio, rubella, Hep A and B, chicken pox and shingles (varicella), tetanus, measles and mumps, according to the California Department of Public Health. (To learn more about required vaccines, visit the department’s website.)

Participating Orange County Walmarts include:

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  • Anaheim: 440 N. Euclid St.;
  • Anaheim: 88 E. Orangethorpe Ave.;
  • Brea: 2595 E. Imperial Hwy.;
  • Buena Park: 8450 La Palma Ave.;
  • Foothill Ranch: 26502 Towne Centre Drive;
  • Garden Grove: 11822 Gilbert St.;
  • Huntington Beach: 8230 Talbert Ave.;
  • Irvine: 16555 Von Karman Ave.;
  • La Habra: 1340 S. Beach Blvd.;
  • Laguna Niguel: 27470 Alicia Pkwy;
  • Orange: 2300 N. Tustin St.;
  • Rancho Santa Margarita: 30491 Avenida De Las Flores;
  • San Clemente: 951 Avenida Pico;
  • Santa Ana: 3600 W. Mcfadden Ave.;
  • Westminster: 13331 Beach Blvd.

Find all locations at this link.

The local stores join more than 4,600 Walmart pharmacies nationwide hosting Wellness Day — a company tradition since 2014.

“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. “The back-to-school season is a busy one, and these are ways we hope to provide some easy, convenient options for our customers.”

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