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The NACDS Foundation is launching a Zika virus education initiative in Puerto Rico that will encourage women to consult pharmacists and physicians about ways to protect themselves and their unborn children.

Several US universities with pharmacy schools are ranked in the annual Academic Ranking of World Universities.

American Well's Jeff Kosowsky, senior vice president, corporate development, discusses telehealth technology infrastructure, solutions, and health-system empowerment.

Even when patients are granted access to a health care services price transparency tool, they don't seem to reduce their spending habits.

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New Jersey could become the next US state to permit pharmacists to provide birth control without a prescription.

Walgreens is now offering vaccinations that provide protection against measles, mumps, and rubella at all of its pharmacies throughout Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky and Mississippi as health officials in Tennessee recommend vaccination due to a number of reported measles cases.

US Representative Earl L. Buddy" Carter, the only pharmacist in Congress, recently penned a passionate op-ed in The Hill to make a case for pharmacist provider status.

Patients will be asking whether they are candidates for the new PCSK9 inhibitors, and new guidelines published by the American College of Cardiology can help pharmacists determine and explain the role of these new therapies.

New data emerged during National Children's Mental Health Awareness Week showing an increase in childhood mental health diagnoses among military families.

Fresenius Kabi USA is voluntarily recalling a single lot of bupivacaine HCI (Sensorcaine-MPF) injection due to the presence of glass particulate matter.

If a pharmacy manager shows signs of transformational leadership," he or she may be inadvertently causing employees to take more sick days.

Numerous studies have supported the use of motivational interviewing in health care to reduce cholesterol level, blood pressure, blood alcohol level, and weight.

Patients observing Cinco de Mayo should consider the potentially addictive properties of their celebratory nachos and quesadillas.

Coinfection with hepatitis B virus isn't uncommon among those infected with HIV.

The Rite Aid Foundation's KidCents program has announced a $100,000 donation to Hurley Children's Hospital to help address the long-term effects of the Flint water crisis.

Brintellix isn't the only drug that underwent a brand name change in order to curb confusion with another drug.

The FDA is reviewing the results of a Danish study that found the oral use of fluconazole (Diflucan) for yeast infections may increase the risk of miscarriage.

New technology is making it easier for researchers to collect data on sleep patterns for large populations, including college students across the country.

A commonly held axiom in specialty pharmacy is that the patient is at the center of every action.

Pharmacy Times Wins in Inaugural Year of APPA Industry Awards

The American Cancer Society and CVS Health have announced a new initiative to provide grants to 125 institutions of higher learning to help accelerate and expand the number of tobacco-free college and university campuses throughout the United States.

MinuteClinic, the retail medical clinic of CVS Health, has opened new locations inside Target stores in Northern Virginia.

Some feel that the subject of drug addiction should be reserved for the family closet next to the other skeletons, while others choose to wear it on their forehead.

Pharmacists may be relieved to hear that most patients don't base their health care decisions on what they see on TV.

Allergic rhinitis is a condition that keeps noses and pharmacists running.

The FDA has approved Collegium Pharmaceutical Inc's oxycodone extended-release capsules (Xtampza ER) for severe pain.

Walgreens and the American Pharmacists Association have announced a collaboration that expands Walgreens efforts to fight prescription drug abuse.

Just in time for Star Wars Day comes the news of a Kylo Ren charlatan and his partner-in-crime getting arrested for robbing a pharmacy.

The FDA is warning that uncontrollable urges to gamble, binge eat, shop, and have sex are associated with the use of the antipsychotic aripiprazole (Abilify, Abilify Maintena, Aristada).