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A majority of long-term care patients who received a fourth vaccination against COVID-19 were found to have increased protection against the omicron variant.

The pandemic saw reductions in the supply of methadone but no disruption to the supply of more easily accessible buprenorphine, though disparities in supply were observed across states.

There is nothing that hurts us more when a pharmacist stands up and is not passionate about the job that we do and the care that we provide.

People who are afraid of shots or feel lightheaded and dizzy while near vaccine injection sites are less likely to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

It’s common practice to recommend heart failure patients follow low sodium diets, but research has shown this type of diet may worsen patient health for certain forms of the condition.

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The immune responses to the Omicron variant waned substantially with neutralizing antibody levels decreasing 2.4- to 5.3-fold by 3 months after the booster dose.

Fondaparinux sodium (Arixtra) is indicated for prophylaxis of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in patients undergoing hip fracture surgery (including extended prophylaxis), hip replacement surgery, knee replacement surgery, or abdominal surgery.

After a second booster dose, efficacy against COVID-19 Omicron subvariants rose to 80% within the first 6 months, according to results of a study by the CDC.

The first thing is educating these folks, because it's hard for them to understand our challenges if they don’t understand what we do.

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They can assess for adherence, identify drug-related problems, monitor pharmacotherapy, and provide education.

No differences were found among placenta health indictors, birth weights, or well-being scores between vaccinated and unvaccinated pregnant women, indicating that COVID-19 vaccination is safe for use in pregnant women.

People who performed 2 to 4 times above the recommended amount of moderate physical activity (300-600 minutes/week) saw an overall 26%-31% lower risk of mortality from all causes.

Get involved, attend their sessions, attend their conferences, understand what they’re saying, make sure that we’re, again, speaking with that one common voice.

Records from 11 million patients shows that non-alcoholic fatty liver disease could increase the risk of developing heart failure by 50%.

Researchers highlight how a lack of access to medications used to treat multiple sclerosis, migraines, and epilepsy, but not proven safe for pregnancy, threatens child-bearing aged women who live with these conditions.

Belimumab (Benlysta) the first FDA-approved therapy for pediatric lupus nephritis.

Argatroban is indicated for thrombosis in adult patients with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and as an anticoagulant in adults patients with or at risk for HIT undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention.

Topical symptomatic relief for resistant skin conditions, including severe boils, hemorrhoids, eczema, cold sores, fungal infections, psoriasis, poison ivy, oak and sumac, and other itchy, painful conditions.

The number of medical visits carried out via telehealth grew from 840,000 in 2019 to 52.7 million in 2020.

FDA accepts supplemental Biologics License Application for Hyrimoz HCF, a biosimilar with the same indications as adalimumab (Humira).

SARS-CoV-2 infection was associated with post-COVID-19 conditions for children, with associated risk factors including length of hospitalization, number of acute symptoms, and older age.

You just need to tell your story and be genuine and be real, and it makes such a difference.

Two pharmacist-based deprescribing models reduced the use and prescription of anticholinergics, a high-risk drug in older adults, providing evidence for the use of pharmacists is practitioners of deprescribing.

With the vast number of drugs that can induce photosensitivity, patients taking any of these medications should receive safety counseling, especially during the summer months.

It is important to step back and see value creation for services from a broader and more fundamental perspective than the individual, daily tasks in the pharmacy.