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Each year, infections related to antibiotic-resistant superbugs kill 700,000 people worldwide, according to researchers at the Italian Society of Anti-Infective Therapy (SITA).

Published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the study was conducted using a segmented regression analysis of an interrupted time series over a course of 30 months.

Audible prescription labels will be available in-store at more than 420 Canadian pharmacy locations, including those at Lawtons Drugs, Sobeys, Safeway, Thrifty Foods, Foodland, IGA (western Canada), and FreshCo.

CourMed delivers a multitude of health care items, such as prescription meds, vitamins, supplements, and other health care items through a crowdsourced network of delivery drivers.

Both semaglutide and dulaglutide are dosed once weekly for treatment of type 2 diabetes.

The survey, administered by the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA), aimed to evaluate how pharmacists and their patients are handling concerns about 2019-nCoV.

A study found that an injection of neutralizing antibodies is associated with enhanced T cell response that specifically recognizes HIV.

Pharmacy managers must understand that it is the people behind an intervention or service that make it effective and valuable.

A new report from the Florida Pharmacy Association and American Pharmacy Cooperative, Inc, alleges that pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) in the state are favoring their own affiliated pharmacies in the Florida Medicaid Program, both by driving customers to those pharmacies and by reimbursing them at higher rates.

Walgreens has released its January Flu Index report, which shows the southern markets with increased flu activity as New Mexico tops the list for the first time this flu season.

Users will be able to export reports and collect metrics with the new interactive platform, as well as readily access the information on mobile platforms.

Over $170 billion in health care spending is attributed to smoking.

A policy loophole regarding the ban of e-cigarettes permits all flavors to continue to be sold in devices that cannot be refilled and are redesigned to be disposed of after the flavored nicotine has run out.

Using a series of questionnaires aimed at personal health goals, the interactive tool uses your responses to calculate not only the supplement that is recommended, but other data and reference points for anyone who needs more information.

Clinical pharmacists in hospital systems such as the University of Chicago Medicine are working to determine the best possible strategies to handle the coronavirus.

The first adjuvanted, cell-based influenza vaccine is designed to protect against influenza A (H5N1) in the event of a pandemic.

A patient comes into your pharmacy holding a piece of paper for liquid docusate. What should you do?

Pharmacists, and other health care professionals can make a positive impact on health care by encouraging smoking cessation.

Treatment with this peanut immunotherapy consists of 3 phases: Initial Dose Escalation, Up-Dosing, and Maintenance.

The report noted that 8 of the 10 leading causes of death saw lower rates of death in 2018.

Pharmacists can administer the MMR vaccine without a prescription in most states and US territories.

As technology gains more of a foothold within the health care landscape, pharmacy professionals have an opportunity to harness the power of data and automatization.

In a tele-briefing Thursday, the CDC also reiterated that the threat to the general public in the US is still low.

Edina Avdic, PharmD, MBA, BCPS-AQ ID, discusses 2 investigational influenza treatments for pharmacists to keep an eye on.

Some REMS programs may only require a medication guide to be distributed with each dispense that highlight safety information, such as relevant adverse events and risks associated with taking the product.

Hydromorphone prescription rates may explain the recent increase in cases of infective endocarditis among people who inject drugs.

The action marks the first and only OTC topical drug with cannabidiol to receive certification for its listing in the National Drug Code Directory, according to its manufacturer.

A recent study shows that diabetes risk is associated with younger age at onset of obesity, and longer exposure to obesity.