From the Desk of the CEO

According to CDC, more than half of adults in the United States are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, with 63% having received at least one dose. While that is amazing progress in a short time, and vaccine uptake has continued to increase since its initial approval in December 2020, it isn’t enough.

Kristin Wiisanen, PharmD, FAPhA, FCCP, Pharmacy Today editor in chief

As pharmacists, we are the nation’s most accessible health care professionals.

Kristin Wiisanen, PharmD, FAPhA, FCCP, Pharmacy Today editor in chief

It has been said that life is about the journey, not the destination. For many of us, our journey through 2020 with COVID-19 has been marked by anxiety, isolation, and uncertainty and peppered with personal and professional challenges.

Kristin Wiisanen, PharmD, FAPhA, FCCP, Pharmacy Today editor in chief

I administered my first influenza vaccine as a community pharmacy resident in 1998, the inaugural year of a pharmacy-based immunization program at Ukrop’s Supermarkets in Richmond, VA.

Kristin Wiisanen, PharmD, FAPhA, FCCP, Pharmacy Today editor in chief

October is American Pharmacists Month, a time to recognize pharmacists’ contributions to patient care and to their communities.

Kristin Wiisanen, PharmD, FAPhA, FCCP, Pharmacy Today editor in chief