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A school system in Atlanta, Georgia, was forced to close down early for winter break after the flu infected too many students.

With patients delivering homemade sweets to your pharmacy counter, how can you ensure that the turkey is the only one stuffed during the holiday season?

Nivolumab treats patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma who no longer respond to other drugs.

Hae Mi Choe, PharmD, describes how pharmacists can use metrics for reimbursement recognition.

Erin Fox, PharmD, director at the University of Utah Drug Information Service, discusses how strategies to mitigate drug shortages can lead to medication errors.

Hae Mi Choe, PharmD, details the types of reimbursement processes available for clinical pharmacy services.

A pharmacist and a co-founder of the New England Compounding Center, which is in hot water for a deadly fungal meningitis outbreak that occurred in 2012, have been ordered to home confinement and GPS monitoring.

A phase 3 study showed that Pfizer's pregabalin controlled-release formulation holds promise in adult patients with postherpetic neuralgia, the manufacturer announced in a press release.

New treatments that may slow the progression of Alzheimer's dementia are currently being examined.

A discovery at a pharmacy led to a jarring investigation into the past use of cigarettes as a means of treating asthma.

Medication dispensing errors happen regardless of the countless safeguards pharmacists put into place to prevent their occurrence.

The FDA today approved peramivir injection, an IV neuraminidase inhibitor intended to treat acute uncomplicated influenza in patients 18 or older who have been symptomatic for no more than 2 days.

Representatives proposed legislation that would require generic drug manufactures to pay a rebate to Medicaid if product prices rise at a rate greater than inflation.

A Tampa-based pharmacist could face a maximum of 20 years in federal prison after a jury found him guilty of conspiracy to distribute and dispense oxycodone.

Lundbeck will cease further development of its experimental desmoteplase compound for ischemic stroke.

Routine pediatric multivitamin use is not endorsed by any major medical association because it is considered unnecessary for almost every young patient. Regardless, many parents rely on multivitamins for their children, especially in households where balanced nutrition is difficult or impossible due to time or money constraints.

Erin Fox, PharmD, director at the University of Utah Drug Information Service, discusses how pharmacists can help avoid drug shortages.

Hae Mi Choe, PharmD, describes how pharmacists can help ensure consistency across health care providers.

Erin Fox, PharmD, director at the University of Utah Drug Information Service, discusses how pharmacists can manage during drug shortages.

Hae Mi Choe, PharmD, describes the challenges associated with metrics and tools for health-system pharmacy.

Responding to a request from state officials to provide greater access to naloxone, CVS Health, Walgreens, and other chain pharmacies will stock and dispense the opioid overdose antidote in stores across Maryland, as well as train their pharmacists on administering the lifesaving medication.

A new FDA-approved drug could help treat complicated intra-abdominal infections and complicated urinary tract infections among adults.

Aaron Steffenhagen, PharmD, BCPS, a clinical pharmacy manager at the University of Wisconsin Hospital, discusses what areas pharmacists should focus on during acute stroke codes.

Erin Fox, PharmD, director at the University of Utah Drug Information Service, discusses how strategies to mitigate drug shortages can threaten patient safety.

Taking another step toward preventing and treating inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), an international team of investigators has determined that the gut bacteria behind Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis may be inherited, and antibiotics can make those patients' gut imbalance worse.

Aaron Steffenhagen, PharmD, BCPS, a clinical pharmacy manager at the University of Wisconsin Hospital, discusses a pharmacist's door-to-door discharge role when managing an ischemic stroke patient.

A collaborative, pharmacist-led intervention targeted at health care professionals improves statin prescribing and lowers the risk of atherosclerotic events in patients with cardiovascular disease.

Binita Patel, PharmD, MS, explains the role telehealth and telepharmacy will play in patient management.

Aaron Steffenhagen, PharmD, BCPS, a clinical pharmacy manager at the University of Wisconsin Hospital, discusses how pharmacists can enhance stroke care.

Binita Patel, PharmD, MS, discusses how provider status would affect reimbursement models in ambulatory pharmacy.