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Benefits include reducing serious health consequences, such as hospitalization and death, as well as the economic burden on health systems due to influenza infection.

Pharmacists can educate patients about how to recognize unsafe online sources of medications and ensure patients are properly educate on how to administer their medications.

Pharmacists will likely be the first contact for many affected patients, and they should be able to provide evidence-based advice on how to manage their infection.

Cabotegravir long-acting when used for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) showed adherence, effectiveness, and improvements in quality of life by those who received the injection.

Despite suggestions to the contrary in previously conducted small clinical trials, montelukast did not provide benefit in patients with COVID-19 symptoms.

New recommendations from the American Stroke Association (ASA) emphasize the importance of healthy lifestyle habits and addressing health equity to reduce stroke risk.

The FDA previously accepted the biologic license application for CT-P13 as a subcutaneous formulation.

Pharmacists are positioned to combat the opioid crisis through educating the public and advocating for policy changes to enable harm reduction strategies.

Women are more likely to face burnout because they are often balancing both workload and family or home life responsibilities.

New ACIP recommendations provide clarity, but questions linger for those aged 60 to 74 years.

Data presented at IDWeek also showed greater disease-prevention effects in the community with PCV21 compared with prior pneumococcal vaccines.

The implementation of accountable care organizations (ACOs) also worsened disparities in any emergency department or hospital use for Medicaid-insured children with asthma.

When helping individuals prepare for travel, pharmacists must make travel health recommendations and know common travel-related immunizations and additional resources.

On the heels of Women Pharmacist Day on October 12, we highlight 3 female pharmacists who have followed unique career paths that help to drive innovation and change in the industry, beyond the retail pharmacy setting.

Digital eye strain is a common cause of dry, red, and itchy eyes.

A dedicated community pharmacist for over 40 years, Kessler has witnessed immense change and innovation throughout his career.

The connection of F proteins could help destabilize the virus prior to infection of the next host.

Increasing serum vitamin B12 before and after the onset of pancreatitis reduced the severity of the condition.

The results emphasize the need for pharmacists and health care providers to further educate patients about receiving recommended immunizations.

Disruptions in the salience network function are shown to influence the severity of mild behavioral impairment (MBI) symptoms.

Pharmacists today are an integral part of a patient’s care journey, providing clinical expertise and support that improves medication adherence, increases access to medication and advances health outcomes.

Research funding that aims to understand impacts of systemic racism on pediatric asthma should include plans to undo policies that maintain inequities created by systemic racism.

The clinical hold is a result of a reported case of motor neuropathy in a phase 2 trial participant.

Patients aged 7 years and older can now be treated for their cataplexy or excessive daytime sleepiness with the extended-release oral formulation.

RICO is being leveraged in the pharmaceutical industry with significant implications for insurers and public trust.

This approval makes foscarbidopa/foslevodopa the first and only subcutaneous 24-hour infusion of levodopa-based therapy for adults with Parkinson disease.

Retail pharmacies benefit from the shift from a volume-centric model to a value-centric approach that focuses on enhancing patient care, reducing pharmacist burnout, and leveraging technology to improve efficiency and expand the scope of pharmacy services.

The guidelines emphasize the importance of vaccination, risk assessment, and preparedness for immunocompromised patients who are traveling post-transplant.