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New recommendations for the removal of protective gear highlight the need for enhanced technologies.

Should CVS Caremark be allowed to charge patients more for buying their prescriptions at stores that sell tobacco?

The FDA today approved the first vaccine licensed in the United States to prevent invasive serogroup B meningococcal disease in patients aged 10 to 25 years.

Police in Hawaii have arrested and charged a man with second-degree robbery after he allegedly threatened to blow up a pharmacy if the staff did not give him drugs.

It was just a few years ago that jobs for recent pharmacy graduates offered 6 figures, a competitive signing bonus, and a choice of several work locations.

Marius Wernig, MD, Of Stanford University, was awarded the New York Stem Cell Foundation-Robertson Stem Cell Prize for his breakthrough showing that human skin cells can be directly converted to brain cells.

Agave nectar and placebo may be more effective in treating a child's cough than "watchful waiting" with no treatment at all.

ASHP is pleased to announce the selection of PharmAcademic from the McCreadie Group, Inc., to support the evaluation of residents and to provide documentation of a systems-based approach to training for ASHP-accredited residencies under the new, recently-approved PGY1 residency standard.

A perceived increase in confirmed cases of enterovirus D68 may be attributable to a faster lab test recently put in place by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Because orally administered morphine is associated with a significantly greater number of adverse events, ibuprofen is the better choice for relieving pain in children with broken bones.

From West Virginia to Utah, robbers have demanded narcotic drugs from pharmacies at gunpoint.

Roughly two-thirds of emergency department admissions for overdoses involve prescription opioid medications.

Federal officials are questioning state policies that mandate a 21-day quarantine of health care workers who treat Ebola patients.

Two groups of students from MCPHS University were named winners of the People's Choice Poster Competition at the 10th Annual New England Pharmacists Convention.

Women who develop gestational diabetes mellitus tend to have daughters who become obese later in childhood.

The FDA today granted breakthrough therapy designation to a new treatment for non-small cell lung cancer patients.

Armed robberies recently occurred at 2 Walgreens and a Rite Aid in Greensboro, North Carolina, alone.

While the etiology and pathophysiology of seasonal affective disorder are not clearly understood, there may be several underlying factors that lead to its presentation.

Draft guidance by the United States Preventive Services Task Force advocates screening patients with certain risk factors for impaired glucose tolerance to delay or prevent the onset of, and long-term damage due to, T2DM.

Chirag Patel, PharmD, a Walgreens pharmacist in Union, New Jersey, notes the hot topics Walgreens pharmacists have addressed throughout American Pharmacists Month.

Stephen Eckel, PharmD, MHA, BCPS, FASHP, divulges what he's learned from his fellow Next-Generation Pharmacistâ„¢ Award finalists.

Tracking influenza vaccination among health care personnel through an automated system enhances their immunization compliance while reducing their administrative burden.