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The changes, finalized today, are generally effective for the 2022 plan year and will potentially lower enrollee cost sharing on some of the most expensive prescription drugs.

Crizotinib is the first biomarker-driven therapy for relapsed or refractory anaplastic large cell lymphoma in children and young adults.

Recent surveys indicate that the proportion of the US population willing to be vaccinated for COVID-19 has fluctuated from 72% in May to 51% in September 2020.

The recommendations focus on dilution errors, vaccine and monoclonal antibody mix-ups, waste of doses, administering immunizations to the wrong age group, errors with scheduling the second dose, and allergic reactions.

In a statement by the APhA, Scott J. Knoer, executive vice president and CEO of APhA, noted the association’s support for this first step by the Biden administration on the road to recovery from the pandemic.

Participants with severe withdrawal symptoms were more likely to be younger, longtime and frequent users of cannabis, and to have worse mental health.

Novel program found cost effective and safe for patients with cancer managing the adverse effects of treatment.

New research suggests immunosuppressants do not increase the risk of worse COVID-19 outcomes.

In a statement released by NCPA, the association explained that the current COVID-19 vaccination rollout in the country could be accelerated by working with community pharmacists.

This medicinal beverage was believed to be an effective treatment for hypothermia, which earned it regular passage on many of the early expeditions to the Arctic.

Financial support benefits Red Cross mission in Southern California and beyond.

The single dose investigational vaccine being developed by the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson is a recombinant, replication-incompetent adenovirus serotype 26 vector encoding a stabilized SARS-CoV-2 spike protein.

The symptoms of depression in caregivers of patients with dementia exacerbates over time.

As new testing devices, therapies, and vaccines are approved for COVID-19, patients will be dependent on their health care providers for answers and education.

Diabetes and stress-induced hyperglycemia affect an estimated 30% to 45% of all hospitalized patients.

The analysis found that at least 38 minutes of moderate intensity exercise each day was associated with the lower risk, which is a little more than the current recommendations of at least 30 minutes a day, 5 days a week.

The new research shows that adolescents are 9 times more likely to receive a vaccine when providers introduce the topic to parents with a simple statement such as “your child is due for vaccines today,” as it results in a shorter vaccine discussion.

For patients with COVID-19, mitochondria are one of the first lines of defense in fighting the virus.

Although only a proportion of DCIS cases will progress into invasive cancer, the treatments available for DCIS are similar to treatments for invasive breast cancers.

Smoking was associated with not only a greater risk of disease, but also an increased risk of severe COVID-19.

The FDA has granted an orphan drug designation to the BCMA-targeted trispecific T-cell activating recombinant protein construct as treatment for patients with multiple myeloma.

Liam Townsend, MD, and his co-authors looked at a number of measures of recovery for 153 patients who were followed in an outpatient clinic a median of 75 days after their COVID-19 diagnoses.