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COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Dose Reduces Infection, Hospitalization, Death from Virus in Long-Term Care Facilities

Pharmacy Times

During the surge caused by the Delta variant, a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine reduced infections and COVID-19-related hospitalizations and deaths among patients in long term care facilities.

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PioneerRx Pharmacy Proves the Value of Independents

PioneerRx

In the state of Florida, CVS and Walgreens were tapped to administer the Covid-19 vaccine across assisted living and long-term care facilities. When they didn’t…

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Combining Pharmacy and Public Health

Pharmacy Is Right For Me

Dr. Brown is the Senior Program Manager at the North Carolina Division of Public Health , working to coordinate the COVID-19 response and vaccination efforts across the state. I am also the operational lead for North Carolina’s community pharmacy vaccine rollout. Right now, it’s being a part of the vaccine rollout.

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Seasonal Influenza

RX Note

Prevention The most effective way to prevent the disease is vaccination. WHO recommends annual vaccination for Pregnant women at any stage of pregnancy Children aged between 6 months to 5 years Elderly individuals (aged more than 65 years) Individuals with chronic medical conditions Health-care workers.

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Lilly’s antibody for COVID-19 protection starts nursing home trial

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While the world waits an effective coronavirus vaccine, Eli Lilly has started late-stage human testing an antibody drug as an alternative way to prevent viral transmission in high-risk locations. Results are due before the end of the year.