A new year brings new guidelines, new challenges, and new opportunities to make a difference. In the latest APhA guest spotlight, Betsy Elswick, PharmD, FAPhA, draws inspiration from Loren Eiseley’s “The Star Thrower” to explore how pharmacists can create ripples of impact in the lives of their patients.

Hearing health care has long been a system of complex referrals and high out-of-pocket costs. But patients now have an alternative with OTC hearing aids.

Thimerosal is back in the news as vaccine safety becomes a common topic again.

I wanted to take a moment, post-APhA2025, to introduce myself to anyone who might not know me. It is the honor of a lifetime to serve as APhA’s president. I have spent my life preparing for this leadership role; as a co-owner and CEO of Towncrest Pharmacy Corporation, co-founder and co-owner of Innovative Pharmacy Solutions and professor of pharmacy management and innovation at Loma Linda University School of Pharmacy.