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During American Pharmacists Month this October, it’s vital for more pharmacists and health care providers to think about how they touch each patient’s life.

In accordance with the new guidance, individuals may choose to receive a dose different from the one they received for their initial series.

Walgreens Boots Alliance announces new mental health services including mental health first aid training, Walgreens Find Care, and more partnerships for other mental health resources.

Lamisil treats a variety of fungal skin infections, such as ringworm, athlete's foot, and jock itch.

According to the investigators, Susvimo is the first and only FDA-approved treatment for wet AMD that offers as few as 2 treatments per year.

The success of the COVID-19 messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna has given many HIV advocates hope that a preventive mRNA vaccine is on the horizon.

Public recognition of their role has increased exponentially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Walgreens Chief Medical Officer Kevin Ban, MD, said the Walgreens 2021-2022 Flu Index is showing high flu activity in several regions of the country.

Phase 3 ILLUMINATE showed the percentage of individuals with HIV-1 RNA levels ≥50 copies/mL for the once-a-day combination pill of doravirine/islatravir.

The immune response of all 15 serotypes in the V114 pneumococcal vaccination were higher than those in the PCV13 vaccination.

World Standards Week is October 25 to 29, so Pharmacy Times interviewed Jaap Venema, PhD, EVP and CSO at USP, on some of the key shifts that have occurred in USP’s standards development during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Azo treats urinary pain, burning, urgency, and frequency associated with urinary tract infections.

Tafluprost acid, a prostaglandin analog, is a selective FP prostanoid receptor agonist that is believed to reduce intraocular pressure by increasing uveoscleral outflow.

Data show 99.2% of children 5 to 11 years of age achieved a seroresponse by 1 month after completing the 2-dose vaccine series.

Other health care stakeholders can learn from pharmacists' patient-centered perspective in addressing high out-of-pocket costs.

The CDC recommends booster doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine and Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot COVID-19 vaccine for eligible individuals.

The outmoded technology used in many pharmacies keeps pharmacists behind the scenes, tethered to slow, intermittent communication with the rest of the patient’s care team.

The investigators found that the rate of preterm birth in pregnant women who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 was a function of the severity of infection.

After switching to Biktarvy, 91% of patients remained virologically suppressed at week 24 in a cohort study.

Simethicone is an anti-foaming agent that is taken orally to help reduce the buildup of intestinal and stomach gases that cause bloating and discomfort.

The most common conditions that cause bladder stones are prostate gland enlargement and damaged nerves.

The approval is based on data from a phase 3 placebo-controlled trial that evaluated the efficacy and safety of dupilumab combined with standard-of-care therapy in children with uncontrolled moderate-to-severe asthma.

While Bitcoin and Ethereum garner most of the attention in the cryptocurrency space, there are a number of opportunities present for implementing blockchain into global health technology, with perhaps one of the most intuitive being its potential as a platform for health records.

Kelan Thomas, PharmD, MS, associate professor of clinical sciences at Touro University California College of Pharmacy, discusses potential drug-drug interactions with psilocybin, MDMA, and ketamine to consider outside of interactions with psychiatric medications.