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In response to outbreaks of the Zika virus in the Americas and its designation as a global emergency by the World Health Organization, the American Pharmacists Association has created a location on pharmacist.com for pharmacists to access information on Zika and its prevention.

Every pharmacist in direct contact with patients has experienced a moment when a patient was less than enthused by your response to his or her question.

Diabetes is not a fun condition.

Prospective pharmacy students are better served by finding a school that is a great fit, rather than getting hung up on rankings.

Rapid ventricular response in atrial fibrillation patients is a daily occurrence in the emergency department.

OTC medications can have serious side effects in children if they are not carefully administered.

The American Pharmacists Association Foundation today announced the recipients of its 2016 Student Scholarship Program.

Zinc supplementation in older patients could help boost their immunity.

Students at Cedarville University School of Pharmacy are helping out the Cedar Medical Clinic in Ghana by raising money for equipment and creating formularies.

It's highly likely that someone you know has autism.

Chronic kidney disease incidence has grown faster than many of its common comorbidities such as diabetes and hypertension, and medications may be an underappreciated driver of this growth.

President Barack Obama's fiscal year 2017 budget proposal calls for an additional $1.1 billion to combat the nation's spiraling opioid epidemic.

The time has finally come for the first CVS pharmacy to open in a Target store.

Baxter International is voluntarily recalling intravenous solution due to leaking containers and the potential for particulate matter.

Pharmacists are essential players in preventing and stopping the spread of influenza.

The FDA is examining a biologics license application for brodalumab injection 210 mg as a treatment for moderate to severe plaque psoriasis.

The director of the White House's Office of National Drug Control Policy recently paid a visit to South College School of Pharmacy in Tennessee to address prescription drug abuse and heroin use.

The House Energy and Commerce Committee today held Congress' first oversight hearing since the enactment of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act in 2010.

The FDA today announced that it's taking a hard look at how it's addressing the opioid abuse epidemic.

The National Community Pharmacists Association and the Iowa Pharmacy Association have filed an amicus curiae brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in support of the state of Iowa and against a challenge by the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association to the state's MAC transparency law.

When you're just starting your pharmacy journey, you want to make sure that you get a high-quality education.

Pharmacists are trained to think critically and creatively. This precise demeanor and skillset also lends itself well to running a business.

A pharmacy robber was found dead in a van just 3 hours after he stole fentanyl.

ASHP and the American Pharmacists Association today approved the new standard for PGY1 Community-based Pharmacy Residency Programs.

Students and faculty at the Texas A&M Health Science Center's Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy evacuated the school after a suspicious phone call advised everyone to leave the building.

More than 20,000 articles have been written on how poor medication adherence, which costs the United States between $68 to $146 billion annually, increases adverse clinical outcomes and mortality.

Once upon a time, you could find an independent pharmacy on almost any corner.