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CVS is settling allegations that its pharmacists filled forged prescriptions for controlled substances.

The FDA has granted marketing approval to Cepheid's Xpert Carba-R Assay, an infection control aid that tests patient specimens for specific genetic markers linked with bacteria that are resistant to Carbapenem antibiotics.

The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS), in partnership with the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy, today announced plans for a national tour this fall to advance the Test2LearnTM Community-Based Pharmacogenomics Certificate Program.

Fred's Pharmacy provided more than 100,000 preventative screening touch-points during its first quarter of 2016.

Independent community pharmacists should be prepared for pharmacy compliance audits, as pharmacies have been seeing more of them.

The National Community Pharmacists Association today announced special programming at its 2016 Annual Convention, to be held Oct. 15-19 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, that will present new opportunities, solutions, and profits for community pharmacies.

Medication errors are as a dire a concern today as they were 15 years ago.

Health care delivery must change to meet the increasing demands for conservative stewardship in spending.

How many pharmacists today are actually fulfilling their duty to counsel?

For germophobes, taking the subway with its smeared, warm railings and coughing or sneezing passengers provokes anxiety. However, a new study provides some reassurance that taking public transit isn't as bad as germ-conscious individuals probably believe it is.

To help patients prepare for a safe and healthy travel season this summer and beyond, MinuteClinic has added several new travel-related services and immunizations.

Walgreens will participate in the U.S. Precision Medicine Initiative Cohort Program through an initial $20 million grant awarded to The Scripps Research Institute by the National Institutes of Health.

Pharmacy students who match with a postgraduate year 1 residency program are more likely to be female, have a high grade point average, and receive multiple interview offers.

The CVS Health Foundation has announced a new grant to the American Academy of Pediatrics to help improve counseling by all pediatric health care providers around tobacco and exposure to secondhand smoke.

The CDC recently issued an alert warning health care facilities about Candida auris, an emerging multidrug-resistant yeast.

About 11 million patients 65 years or older were diagnosed with diabetes in 2012 alone.

A pregnant pharmacist helped police catch a pharmacy robber after she recognized his voice as a customer who had visited her store earlier that day.

Brief interventions can help correct misconceptions that pharmacy students may have toward mental illness.

Does a professional dress code improve educational outcomes, or does it put an unfair burden on pharmacy students?

A sharp rise in prescription medication prices driven by the introduction of new, expensive specialty medications and huge increases in the costs of older drug products with few competitors drove an 11.7 percent increase in hospital and clinic spending on medications in 2015, according to a new report published in AJHP.

Women in areas infiltrated by the Zika virus have been showing increased interest in abortion medications like mifepristone and misoprostol.

Mylan is releasing a generic version of Santarus' fenofibrate (Fenoglide) tablets.

On February 17, 2017, a pharmacist will be climbing Mount Kilimanjaro to support the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation.

Although significant emphasis is placed on medication adherence, another issue garnering interest is medication waste.