Meghan Ross, Associate Editor

Pregnancy is an important time for women with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to receive adequate prenatal care, antiretroviral therapy (ART), and postpartum HIV care to improve clinical outcomes for themselves and their babies.

Maine legislators can't agree on how to address the state's drug abuse problem.

All US states now permit electronic prescribing of controlled substances, with Missouri's recent formal authorization making it the final state to do so.

Pharmacists should avoid working more than 55 hours a week if possible, because doing so may increase their risk for coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke.

Policy may mitigate inaccurate perceptions of safety and efficacy for biological products.

A list of the most debilitating diseases a patient may face over his or her lifetime was recently curated by Healthcare Business and Technology.

Third-year pharmacy students at the Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU) School of Pharmacy will soon attend sessions at The Medicines Company's patient simulation (Sim) lab.

Independent pharmacy to pay $46,000 in rest period premium wages.

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) recently made an appearance at a state pharmacy board meeting to appease pharmacists' fears of a crackdown on pharmacies.

As pharmacy students head back to school, an American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) infographic offers an informative look at the state of pharmacy education.

The FDA has proposed adding a 4-letter suffix to the names of biosimilars to distinguish them from their biologic counterparts.

An independent pharmacy will pay a $46,000 settlement over an alleged lack of break times for its employees.

As hookah becomes more popular in the United States, some students may be spending time smoking in hookah lounges.

Treatment has complementary actions that help control blood glucose.

Customer satisfaction with supermarket and drugstore chain pharmacies has improved in the last year, while ratings for mail-order and mass-merchandiser pharmacies have dropped, according to the J.D. Power 2015 US Pharmacy Study.

The historically black and Catholic Xavier University College of Pharmacy has received an $8.3 million grant from the US Department of Health and Human Services to encourage more African-American students to enter the pharmacy field.

The FDA today approved evolocumab (Repatha) injection, a new treatment for patients unable to get their low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol under control with current treatment options.

A new type 2 diabetes (T2D) treatment for adult patients, empagliflozin and metformin (Synjardy), was approved by the FDA today.

Holding a college degree is not only associated with a better chance at landing a job. Graduates also benefit more from exercise to prevent and manage diabetes than other populations, new research suggests.

The first thing one pharmacist did when a patient came in with a serious allergic reaction to a bee sting was administer epinephrine. The second action, which likely saved the woman's life, was to convince her that she needed to go to a hospital.

Prescription revenues provide insight on the power of top retail pharmacy businesses.

Walgreens found to be noncompliant with rules requiring pharmacists to perform consultations with patients receiving new prescriptions.

Seven lucky high school students interested in a health care career recently won college scholarships through AmerisourceBergen's Good Neighbor Pharmacy (GNP) 2015 scholarship program.

Walgreens will pay a $500,000 settlement concerning a civil complaint that the retail pharmacy giant was not compliant with California regulations related to pharmacist consultations.

The North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination (NAPLEX) offers a view of the strongest pharmacy programs based on students' scores.

Opioid prescribing in Florida moderately declined around the same time the state instituted pill mill laws and a Prescription Drug Monitoring Program.

A pharmacist's swift action saved a woman's life during an emergency situation.

In the long wake of a deadly meningitis outbreak from tainted drugs distributed by a compounding pharmacy in Massachusetts, state regulators have been increasing their inspections of pharmacies with complaints.

A group of 4 students from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Pharmacy have been named finalists in the Good Neighbor Pharmacy National Community Pharmacists Association Pruitt-Schutte Student Business Plan Competition.

The FDA has approved flibanserin (Addyi), the first drug to treat generalized hypoactive sexual desire disorder in premenopausal women.