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In a debate at the 2025 APhA Annual Meeting, speakers highlighted GLP-1s’ advantages in stroke prevention and weight loss vs SGLT2s’ superiority in heart failure, CV death reduction, and renal protection.

Pharmacists are pivotal in expanding reproductive health care access through patient education and collaboration.

Pharmacists are leading the way in personalized medicine through strategic pharmacogenetic implementation.

Pharmacists can empower patient RSV vaccination through strategic communication and personalized care.

Two pharmacists at the 2025 APhA Annual Meeting debate the role of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) for non-insulin users, highlighting evolving guidelines, emerging clinical evidence, cost and coverage challenges, and the need for further research to justify widespread adoption.

Pharmacists can navigate career paths through passion, adaptability, and patient-centered soft skills.

AI is offering new ways to support pharmacists' decision-making and patient care.

Contraceptive options have expanded since 1960, with pharmacists today playing a growing role as prescribers of contraception and studies showing the benefit of pharmacist-driven contraception clinics.

Community pharmacies can enhance medication safety by proactively identifying risks and implementing targeted best practices.

Sally Arif, PharmD, BCCP, discusses her presentation on the critical role of pharmacists in addressing health disparities by improving communication, fostering cultural competence, and promoting pharmacoequity.

The study aims to address lingering public concerns, but its findings and communication have the potential to impact vaccine confidence and public health efforts.

Nakia Eldridge, PharmD, MBA, shares insights for health system and community pharmacists attending the 2025 APhA Annual Meeting & Exposition.

Allison Ju-Chen Hu, PhD and Yuhua Bao, PhD describe results of their landmark study that found significant differences in opioid prescriptions in racially and ethnically minoritized communities.

As cases rise, experts warn that vitamin A supplementation should not be used as a replacement for vaccination.

The launch of ustekinumab-stba following its FDA approval expands patient access to this therapy with a variety of indications.

Health care professionals in the study found it challenging to manage the complexities of disordered eating in patients with type 1 diabetes alongside their other responsibilities.

An expert roundtable discussed what consumers and pharmacists should be aware of as compounded versions of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists continue to proliferate.

Community pharmacists are uniquely positioned to assist with diabetes management using CGM devices.

Educating patients about the nutrition facts label and integrating food pharmacies are examples of pharmacist opportunities.

Symptoms occur when airborne irritants enter the eyes, nose, and throat, causing an allergic reaction.

As demand for GLP-1 therapies grows, patients face rising costs and restrictive insurance policies.

Prioritizing preventive measures for high-risk individuals would effectively address half of RSV hospitalizations.

Approximately 74% of patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps receiving depemokimab across 2 trials did not need additional intervention.

Appellate court addresses application of legal doctrine to the matter.

Treatment with HTD1801 resulted in significant reductions in the hemoglobin A1c level and improved key cardiometabolic and liver parameters.

Patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) who received the Hecolin hepatitis E virus (HEV) 3-dose regimen had a somewhat low incidence of local and systemic adverse events.

Data privacy and security breaches are a critical concern with AI in health care.

The treatment is indicated for patients aged 6 and older with hypertension, the reduction of stroke in hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy, and diabetic nephropathy in certain patients with type 2 diabetes.

The 3CL protease inhibitor is designed to suppress the replication of SARS-CoV-2, preventing COVID-19 illness, even if a household member is infected.