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COVID-19 Pandemic Reduced Gaps in Pneumococcal Vaccination in Medicare Enrollees, But Lowered Overall Uptake

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Decline in receipt of vaccines by Medicare beneficiaries during the COVID-19 pandemic—United States, 2020. Last Updated October 4, 2024. Accessed July 23, 2025. Hong K, Zhou F, Tsai Y, et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021;70:245-249. doi:10.15585/mmwr.mm7007a4. Kar A, Carrel AL, Miller JH, Le HTK.

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Op-Ed: States Are Leading the Way on PBM Reform. Here’s How.

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1 The vertical integration in the business of care delivery has fostered alignments in payers, PBMs, and specialty pharmacies that often inflate prices and delay and detour appropriate therapy. In doing so, the law will prevent PBMs from steering patients to their own higher-cost specialty pharmacies. Here’s How.

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Under the Weather: Unpacking the Impact of the 2024-2025 Influenza Season

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million fewer doses were administered in retail and clinical settings than in the prepandemic 2019-2020 season. Additionally, vaccination rates among Medicare beneficiaries 65 years and older reached only 48.3%, and nearly 9.2

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Carefully Monitor Direct Oral Anticoagulant Medications

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Updated June 15, 2020. 9 If a situation warrants measurement of DOAC levels, such as a major bleeding event or concern about drug accumulation, the preferred test to quantify the anticoagulant effects would be anti–factor Xa activity calibrated specifically for the DOAC being measured. REFERENCES Rivaroxaban. MedlinePlus. link] Edoxaban.

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Study Reveals Gaps in GINA Guideline Adherence for Asthma Treatment

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2019;380:2020-2030. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1901963 Newsletter Stay informed on drug updates, treatment guidelines, and pharmacy practice trends—subscribe to Pharmacy Times for weekly clinical insights. Global Initiative for Asthma. Accessed June 9, 2025. Beasley R, Holliday M, Reddell HK, et al. N Engl J Med.

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You Shall Not Pass: Pharmacist Review of Drug-Herb Interactions in Cancer Treatment

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Data collection spanned January 2020 to March 2023. This study examines herbal supplement prevalence, pharmacist interventions, and their impact on oncology treatment safety. Materials and Methods A survey-based observational study was conducted at the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center.

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Educate Patients About Safe Medication Disposal

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Insani WN, Qonita NA, Jannah SS, et al. Improper disposal practice of unused and expired pharmaceutical products in Indonesian households. 2020;6(7):e04551. doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04551 What to do with unwanted household medicines. United States Environmental Protection Agency. Updated March 28, 2025. Accessed June 6, 2025. Take Back Day.