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Staying up-to-date on immunizations is crucial to prevent outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases.

Awards honor an individual and community pharmacy for innovative and pioneering practices.

The impact of COVID-19 on pharmacy has been significant in the short-term, and recent developments have shown that there is opportunity for that to translate into long-term changes for the industry.

At the PQA 2020 Annual Meeting on Thursday, speakers discussed some of the drivers of medication adherence in community pharmacy.

Awards honor excellence and improvements in overall star ratings and PQA medication measures.

Pharmacy Quality Solutions Annual Trend Report focuses on questions around consumer perceptions and behaviors.

The impact of COVID-19 on the health plan enterprise appears to be practical and functional rather than strategic and financial.

Sandra Leal, PharmD, MPH, FAPhA, CDE, executive vice president, Health Plans and Payers Division of Tabula Rasa Healthcare and president-elect of American Pharmacist Association, discusses value-based care and changing payment models.

The statement is one of the first from the AHA to focus on providing evidence-based strategies for parents and caregivers to create a healthy food environment for young children.

Researchers at Northwestern University have discovered a strong connection between severe vitamin D deficiency and mortality rates after studying global data from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

Despite the rate of HIV infection in adolescents and young adults, a study found that PrEP awareness is limited.

A new report from PrEP4All Collaboration warned that current research efforts aimed at controlling the COVID-19 pandemic are missing an important area of research into PrEP.

In order to curb the opioid epidemic among employees, companies need to begin by identifying who is at risk.

A community pharmacy-based intervention program was utilized to enhance AET adherence.

42.8% of medical staff treating patients with COVID-19 experienced serious skin injuries from the use of personal protective equipment.

Today’s pharmacy hero is Michael Escudero, PharmD, who works at a Publix Pharmacy in Pembroke Pines, Florida.

Governor Gavin Newsom granted California’s 47,000 pharmacists the ability to order and administer coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) tests throughout the state.

More than one-third of Americans report that COVID-19 has had a serious impact on their mental health.

Curriculum may improve the profession of pharmacy and enhance the way pharmacists provide patient care.

PPE and appropriate infection control training are vital to keep health care workers safe, according to the researchers from Oregon Health and Science University.

Whether managing other healthcare workers or working on the frontline with patients every day, professionals can help foster a culture where learning soft skills is a priority.

Evolocumab, when used with diet, can be used as monotherapy or in combination with other lipid-lowering agents for the prevention of cardiovascular events.

Learn how Mayank Amin, PharmD, RPh, MBA, owner of Skippack Pharmacy, has used a superhero costume to build a strong community around the pharmacy.

According to a study, men have higher concentrations of ACE2 in their blood than women, which may be a potential explanation for why men are more susceptible to COVID-19.

Leronlimab has been granted 2 other Fast Track designations as a combination therapy with HAART for HIV and as a treatment for metastatic triple-negative breast cancer.

Today, we’re celebrating the work of Janette Hibbert, PharmD, a staff pharmacist at Walgreens in North Carolina.

The Appointment Based Model (ABM) is a type of medication synchronization where patients have 1 or 2 appointed days a month to pick up their medications.

Can donepezil be the cause of abnormal dreams?

The study found that people who think they know more than their health care professionals are less likely to follow new medical guidelines, and this group would benefit from health messages being communicated in a different way.

The researchers analyzed the National Health Interview Survey 2015 to determine the food intake and frequency of consumption for US adults with IBD.