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January 22, 2021

Biden unveils national strategy that Trump resisted

Unlike his predecessor, President Biden is embracing a more centralized strategy for managing the COVID-19 pandemic.

January 21, 2021

Biden issuing pandemic plan that aims to expand access to testing and vaccines, reopen schools

On January 21, his first full day in office, President Joe Biden will unveil his administration's playbook for ending the COVID-19 crisis. The 21-page national strategy houses seven broad goals, starting with regaining the public trust through regular briefings with CDC and other government scientists and public sharing of data.

January 20, 2021

New CDC director pledges to speed vaccination, restore trust in agency

New CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, MD, is ready to tackle America's COVID-19 crisis, even as a highly contagious mutation of the virus looms over the nation. One of her top priorities, she said in an interview, is to dispel public skepticism over the vaccines.

January 19, 2021

Biden promises a 'bold' federal vaccination campaign

President-elect Joe Biden on Friday promised the American people a strong offensive against the coronavirus pandemic, even as he warned that "things will get worse before they get better." To significantly expand vaccine access, he plans to give pharmacies greater reach, build mobile clinics targeting underserved communities, and encourage states t

January 15, 2021

More opioids for U.S. surgery patients than for those in other countries

According to a recent study by the International Patterns of Opioid Prescribing Workgroup, patients in the United States are prescribed disproportionally higher amounts of opioids after surgery compared with patients in other countries. The study authors, led by Haytham M.A. Kaafarani, MD, and colleagues at Massachusetts General Hospital, wanted to assess the relationship between perceived pain severity and the amount of opioids prescribed to surgery patients at discharge.

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January 5, 2021

How will we get America immunized? Here are a few hundred…

Operation Warp Speed leaders predicted that 20 million people, primarily frontline health care workers and residents of long-term care facilities, would receive the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine…

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2020 was a year many of us would like to forget, but that’s impossible; its changes are irrevocable. APhA has a proud history of supporting pharmacists and advancing pharmacy practice. In 2020, we…

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January 21, 2021

Vast Majority of Pharmacists Plan to or Have Been Vaccinated, Against COVID-19, APhA Survey Finds

More than 9 in 10 pharmacists said they plan to or have been vaccinated against COVID-19, in a survey conducted last week by the American Pharmacists Association (APhA). Of these, 51% said they had received one dose, 10% had received two doses, and 31% planned to get it as soon as it is available.

January 14, 2021

APhA: President-Elect Biden’s COVID plan is a strong start to rescue the country from the pandemic

Statement of Scott J. Knoer, executive vice president and CEO of the American Pharmacists Association.

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