WASHINGTON, DC (September 18, 2025) — The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) and the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) recognize September 20 as the third annual Pharmacy Workforce Suicide Awareness Day, launched in 2023 during Suicide Prevention Month. This day is dedicated to breaking stigma, raising awareness, and fostering conversations that can save lives.

Washington, DC. – September 16, 2025 – Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed the appointment of Hillary F. Blackburn, PharmD, MBA, of Franklin, Tennessee, as a voting member of the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).

Washington, D.C. – August 19, 2025 – The Joint Commission of Pharmacy Practitioners (JCPP) today announced the release of the 2025 Pharmacists’ Patient Care Process (PPCP), an update to the 2014 PPCP that is intended to reflect pharmacists’ contemporary practice and evolving trends in the health care system.

Washington, DC. (Aug. 6, 2025) – The American Pharmacists Association (APhA), the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA), and the Tennessee Pharmacists Association (TPA) yesterday filed a joint amicus brief in federal court in support of Tennessee’s law to regulate pharmacy benefit managers.

Washington, DC, July 31, 2025 — The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) is deeply concerned with the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Secretariat’s decision to label iaison organizations as “special interest groups” and therefore, “biased” in decision making.