This summer, Daniel P. McQuillen, MD, president of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, said that with rates of antimicrobial-resistant infections rising quickly, systemic changes are urgently needed to protect public health.

Loren Bonner

Thousands of ongoing lawsuits throughout the country have been consolidated as the “National Opiate Litigation.” States, counties, cities, and tribes are suing opioid manufacturers, wholesalers, and pharmacies.

David B. Brushwood, BSPharm, JD

With the expanded EUA for patients as young as 6 months old, there are now 3 different age groups, not just two, that are eligible for Pfizer–BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccinations.

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Abortion providers and advocates have long known that overturning Roe v Wade would have far-reaching consequences.

Clarissa Chan, PharmD

Pharmacists and Touro College of Pharmacy faculty members Anastasiya Shor, PharmD, and Dipan Ray, PhD, RPh, recently completed a medical mission through International Medical Relief to Warsaw, Poland, where they spent a week caring for displaced Ukrainians in a 24-hour clinic at a large shelter.

Sonya Collins

Dangerous and illegal medicines are sold online through websites, but the problem does not stop there.

Loren Bonner

Amid ongoing pharmacy technician shortages in both health-systems and community pharmacies, Walmart has taken definitive action to shore up its workforce.

Sonya Collins

In June 2022, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) updated its 2014 recommendations to state that, for most vitamin, mineral, and multivitamin supplements, there is not enough evidence to recommend for or against taking them to prevent CVD or cancer.

Clarissa Chan, PharmD

Pharmacists and their teams can be important disseminators of information, guidance, and referrals in their community where appropriate.

Loren Bonner

Coinciding with their OTC status in 2003, the popularity of PPIs has steadily risen, which has only given patients with heartburn, GERD, and related conditions more access to them.

Ariel Clark, PharmD

For many people, our pets are important members of our family, and just as we care for our own health and well-being, we care just as much about supporting the health of our pets.

Mickie Cathers

Acne vulgaris is a common inflammatory skin condition that occurs when hair follicles become plugged with skin cells and sebum.

Mary Warner

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In July, the American Stroke Association released the 2022 guideline for the management of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) with recommendations for the acute management of ICH.

Clarissa Chan, PharmD

Results from a new randomized controlled trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine from June 2022 demonstrate that septic patients treated with I.V. vitamin C may have higher mortality and persistent organ dysfunction versus those who received placebo.

Corey Diamond, PharmD

Year after year, heart disease is widely recognized as the leading cause of death in the United States. Over 650,000 American lives are lost due to heart disease annually.

Olivia C. Welter, PharmD

A new guideline is designed to help clinicians adjust doses of anticancer drugs in patients with renal dysfunction and will feature recommendations for over 50 different anticancer drugs.

Corey Diamond, PharmD

This second and concluding part of this series reviews 5 additional agents which FDA fully approved or provided an EUA and which became available in 2021.

Daniel A. Hussar, PhD

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