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The CDC urges health care providers to implement its recommendations and to regularly review their facility infection data, among other intervention methods.

Expert witnesses all testified that there is no evidence to support the belief by some parents that vaccines cause autism.

In a statement, the group said it conducted a half-year investigation into pharmacies dispensing prescriptions to the wrong people, and has found that a significant enough problem exists nationwide to warrant the action.

Semaglutide offers a non-insulin solution that, in combination with healthy diet and exercise, may improve blood sugar.

In one example cited in the paper, officials with Ochsner Health System reported using their online patient portal to help treat hypertension with a novel digital medicine program that combined patient-reported blood pressure data, clinical data, and coaching.

How voice assistants are becoming more important in health care.

Students who complete a PTCB-recognized education/training program will be eligible to apply for, and earn, their CPhT credential starting in 2020.

Feel More Like You was developed in collaboration with Look Good, Feel Better Foundation, the leading cancer support organization focusing attention on the appearance and beauty needs of cancer patients, and Cancer Support Community, the largest professionally led, nonprofit network of cancer support worldwide.

Indicating for preventing pregnancy, a statement from the FDA said that loss of efficacy is possible if the user misses tablets.

The 2017 Health Care Cost and Utilization Report examined medical and prescription drug spending, utilization, and average prices using health care claims data from 2013 through 2017 for Americans under the age of 65 who were covered by employer-sponsored insurance.

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This medication, indicated for individuals with diabetes, will have a list price that is 50% lower than its current list price.

Many women are unaware of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) but show a keen interest in spreading the word once they learn about the option, according a recent study in the journal Contraception.

Investigators from the CDC Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine Impact Monitoring Project (HPV-IMPACT) sought to determine whether HPV types 16 and 18, which are responsible for approximately 70% of cervical cancers worldwide, are also decreasing.

Analysis of care in a routine clinical practice setting show that 40-week treatment of biologic dupilumab (Dupixent, Sanofi-Regeneron) plus noncosmetic topical moisturizer (emollient) is associated with significantly improved symptoms and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in particular patients with atopic dermatitis (AD).

A large retrospective study of patients with acne found no significant association between isotretinoin exposure and depression.

The recalled losartan potassium tablets made by Hetero Labs and distributed by Camber Pharmaceuticals contain the impurity, N-Nitroso-N-methyl-4-aminobutyric acid (NMBA), which is a known animal and potential human carcinogen.

Novo Nordisk is seeking approval for fast-acting insulin aspart (Fiasp) as a new mealtime insulin for children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes.

The agency urges the public to receive a vaccine if they have not already done so.

The drug's approval was based on 4 clinical studies evaluating the efficacy and safety of Adhansia XR in 883 people who met DSM-5 criteria for ADHD.

According to the agency, these drugs are potentially dangerous to consumers in the United States.

The research centers on CD8+ T cells, which can recognize and attack the influenza virus.

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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas is partnering with 11 Universities to study challenges that increase costs.

The new formulation will provide patients with a faster alternative for management of suspected myocardial infarction.

Indivior’s once-monthly schizophrenia treatment risperidone (Perseris) extended-release injectable suspension has launched in the United States.

According to the CDC, major interventions are in need among at-risk populations in order to reach a goal of 90% decrease of HIV infections in 10 years.

The CDC has declared immunizations one of the greatest health achievements of the 20th century, but vaccination rates among adults remain suboptimal.

Trastuzumab and hyaluronidase-oysk (Herceptin Hylecta, Genentech) is indicated for subcutaneous administration in certain patients with HER2-positive early and metastatic breast cancer.

IBSA Pharma’s levothyroxine sodium (Tirosint-SOL) oral solution is now available in the United States market for the treatment of hypothyroidism and pituitary thyrotropin suppression.