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Because patients are getting varicella vaccines, it is necessary for them to receive the zoster vaccine once they reach the appropriate age.

Due to dosing errors involving oral posaconazole (Noxafil), the antifungal treatment's labeling has been revised.

Pharmacists in Oregon rang in the New Year with permission to prescribe birth control.

The Pharmacy College Admission Test would be great to avoid altogether. Fortunately, a number of pharmacy schools do not require it.

What do you think pharmacists should do more of in 2016?

When it comes to vasopressor administration, hospital pharmacists are traditionally taught that it must be through central venous access.

The first step is to determine the business you want and the business you don't.

Drug diversion has a direct impact on drug spending.

Now through January 23, Rite Aid is celebrating the New Year by offering Wellness+ with Plenti members a special opportunity to begin accumulating Plenti points for 2016.

The term takotsubo" is the Japanese word for octopus trap.

Guest host Blair Green Thielemier, PharmD, interviews Dr. Alan L Hanson, Division Chair and Professor at Melvin H. Weinswig University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy.

Researchers from Australia set out to determine health consumers' information needs and concerns related to childhood vaccination.

Alexander Kantorovich, PharmD, BCPS, clinical assistant professor of pharmacy practice at Chicago State University College of Pharmacy, discusses how platelet aggregation inhibitors fit into the acute coronary syndrome management picture.

Here are the top trending pharmacy stories you may have missed this year:

A New Year is almost upon us, and there isn't a better time to make some decisions and build habits that will have a lasting effect on your financial freedom.

The Walgreens Flu Index is a weekly report developed to provide state- and market-specific information, and ranking of those experiencing the highest incidences of influenza across the country.

WellCare Health Plans has announced that it will transition its pharmacy benefit management to CVS Health.

Special K" may hold the secrets to an effective antidepressant.

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice has released guidelines for the use of a new combined diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis adsorbed and inactivated poliovirus vaccine as a booster dose.

Roosevelt University College of Pharmacy students now have access to a new $685,000 laboratory.

Several barriers prevent many health care providers from prescribing pre-exposure prophylaxis to patients at high risk for HIV.

The FDA has given final approval to Aurobindo Pharma Limited to manufacture and market olopatadine hydrochloride ophthalmic solution, a generic equivalent of Alcon Laboratories Inc's Patanol drops.

Army Reserve soldiers had a keen eye when they witnessed a teenager acting suspiciously in a pharmacy.

Pharmacists can help inform their patients with young children about a few ways to reduce their kids' risk of developing asthma.

Take bold actions to move your career forward.

Pharmacists may want to encourage their patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease to complement their pharmacologic treatment with music therapy.

Harris Teeter has collected enough donations to provide 10.5 million meals to those struggling with hunger.

Nuway Distributors is voluntarily recalling all lots of APEXXX tablets, a dietary supplement marketed for male sexual enhancement.

Pharmacists should familiarize themselves with how much each prescription cost the US government per patient last year.

Sanofi has submitted a new drug application to the FDA for a fixed-ratio combination of insulin glargine and lixisenatide.