From the Desk of the CEO

More than 150 million Americans have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Pharmacists have played a critical role in the effort it took to get this far. The crucial work of administering the vaccines, which pharmacists have done tirelessly, is just one piece of it. Pharmacists have also spent the last 7 months educating their patients, neighbors, and others about COVID-19 vaccines.

Sonya Collins

Pharmacy technicians like Sara Dreyer have taken on more responsibility since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, and now that vaccines are available in communities across the United States, the role of the pharmacy technician is even more pronounced.

Loren Bonner

Alis Volat Propriis—“She flies with her own wings”—is Oregon’s state motto. The government first adopted the slogan in 1854 as a hat tip to the independent spirit of the pioneers who formed Oregon’s first government.

Sonya Collins

A new policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) on the care of American Indian and Alaska Native children and adolescents highlights the inequitable disease burden observed in this patient population.

Maria G. Tanzi, PharmD

Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, a tertiary teaching hospital in Toronto, Canada, might have a thing or two to share about preventing mental health distress and burnout. Members of the hospital’s psychosocial
oncology division developed and implemented CREATE—Compassion, REsilience And TEam-building—to help support the mental health of health care staff during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Clarissa Chan, PharmD