Although its health care venture with Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase dismantled last month, 3 years after starting, Amazon is still trying to carve out a niche for itself in the market. The company is taking Amazon Care telehealth nationwide this summer and plans to open it up to other companies.

AJ, an 85-year-old man who is presented in a new case and commentary paper in the February 2021 issue of AMA Journal of Ethics, experiences food insecurity, limited access to health care services, poor health literacy, a language barrier, and a lack of social support—all issues that pharmacists routinely see. AJ’s case highlights the role of social determinants of health in a patient’s health outcomes.

In a new draft recommendation, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) said it is lowering the recommended age individuals should be screened for prediabetes and type 2 diabetes. The group wants overweight or obese adults ages 35 to 70 to undergo screening. In 2015, USPSTF recommended screening for abnormal blood glucose as part of cardiovascular risk assessment in adults ages 40 to 70 years who are overweight or obese.

An investigation by NBC News reveals that the U.S. community pharmacy profession may have been pushed close to its limit over the past decade.

A new CDC analysis reveals that nearly 9 in 10 Americans who received the first dose of a two-dose COVID-19 vaccine have completed the regimen, and the majority of people who received two doses did so within the recommended time frames.