Alana Hippensteele, Lead Editor

The FDA recently announced its approval of a vaginal gel that acts as a method of contraception for women. It is the first non-hormonal, vaginal pH regulator contraceptive to be approved by the FDA.

The Secretary of HHS, Alex M. Azar II, clarified in a statement that the PREP Act preempts state licensing laws that place restrictions on pharmacists’ ability to order and administer COVID-19 tests.

As states begin to consider reopening businesses around the country, questions remain for pharmacies regarding appropriate strategies to protect the communities they serve from COVID-19.

The anti-cancer medicine venetoclax may improve the current therapy for estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer.

To support the successful reopening of the country in a manner that prevents further COVID-19 outbreaks, the NACDS has issued a report in which it urges government action on 3 key objectives.

A harmonized and collaborative approach to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine research and development is necessary for a successful outcome.

At the first educational session of PQA, the speakers discussed pharmacists’ roles in influencing outcomes associated with social determinants of health in the US population.

Before COVID-19, the health care industry was largely headed toward a value-based system that was shifting to focus on social determinants of health, according to Bruce Japsen, at the PQA 2020 Annual Meeting.

The authors found that telehealth services were facilitated by patients being able to easily share information with providers from equipment that managed CGM for diabetic ketosis and hyperglycemia.

At the PQA 2020 Annual Meeting on Thursday, speakers discussed some of the drivers of medication adherence in community pharmacy.

A new report from PrEP4All Collaboration warned that current research efforts aimed at controlling the COVID-19 pandemic are missing an important area of research into PrEP.

Governor Gavin Newsom granted California’s 47,000 pharmacists the ability to order and administer coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) tests throughout the state.

In the United States, more than 16 million Americans have DES and that number is expected to increase.

According to a study, men have higher concentrations of ACE2 in their blood than women, which may be a potential explanation for why men are more susceptible to COVID-19.

This new study showed for the first time that an enzyme, known as fatty acid synthase (FASN), specifically may be responsible for causing cognitive deficits.

On April 24, the CDC published some considerations for clinical providers who are evaluating adolescents for treatment with PrEP.

In outpatient breast cancer clinics, oral chemotherapies are becoming more common for various malignancies, but hematologic and non-hematologic toxicities can cause challenges for patients.

Oral oncolytics has become increasingly common as treatment for patients with cancer over the past several years.

According to a new study, even the sickest patients with COVID-19 who require ventilators in ICUs improve when given treatment that follows existing guidelines for respiratory failure.

In a new study, researchers analyzed gut microbiota to understand further the links between gut health and obesity.

FDA recently released new temporary guidelines on non-standard PPE practices for sterile compounding by pharmacy compounders during the COVID-19 pandemic.

"Approximately 40% of melanomas are considered to be ‘cold,’ meaning that they lack sufficient infiltration of immune cells within the tumor."

Researchers may be able to isolate reservoir cells from patients using the CD127 protein, which would make it possible to study what allows the cells to silence and reactivate the virus .

In a new study, researchers analyzed data on cancer survivors' experiences with financial toxicity and found that survivors have unmet needs in its management.

The Israel Institute for Biological Research presented the country’s Defense Minister Naftali Bennet with a “significant breakthrough” in the search for an antidote to COVID-19 on Monday night.

Although lifesaving drugs became available around 1998 to treat hepatitis C, they were expensive, which limited access for some patients.

A research team has developed wirelessly-driven “smart contact lens” technology that is able to detect diabetes and treat diabetic retinopathy just through wearing them.

A recent study presented a risk prediction model that effectively combined genetic and clinical factors with circulating biomarkers to identify people with a higher than normal risk of pancreatic cancer.

A new collaboration agreement was made between Moderna, Inc, and Lonza Ltd, to manufacture Moderna’s mRNA vaccine against the coronavirus disease 2019.

The FDA has granted Bio-Rad Laboratories Emergency Use Authorization for the company’s SARS-CoV-2 Total Ab test.