On April 22, 2024, Iowa governor Kim Reynolds signed a bill into law that updates the state’s pharmacy practice act and puts in place a standard of care regulatory framework, aligning pharmacists with other providers in the state.

CDC now recommends that older adults who were not immunized against RSV last year, when vaccines first became available, do so late this summer or early this fall ahead of the upcoming RSV season.

Pharmacists’ research is spreading to wider audiences, according to new data. JAPhA’s impact factor, a measure of the importance of a journal based on article citations, has increased substantially.

In its first report on drug shortages, the U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) noted that drug shortages are lasting longer than before and are affecting a broad range of therapeutic classes.

Cases of syphilis, chlamydia, and gonorrhea are on the rise in the United States, but clinical evidence shows that taking doxycycline 200 mg within 72 hours of a sexual encounter can significantly reduce infections.