Transitions

Transitions Magazine

Transitions is published bi-monthly for members of the APhA New Practitioner Network. The online newsletter contains information focused on life inside and outside pharmacy practice, providing guidance on various areas of professional, personal, and practice development. Each issue includes in-depth articles on such topics as personal financial management, innovative practice sites, career profiles, career development tools, residency and postgraduate programs, and more.

Majority of mumps cases are among vaccinated, study finds

Monday, December 6, 2021 0 27449

New research from CDC, published in the December issue of Pediatrics, shows that the virus that causes mumps continues to circulate in the United States, primarily infecting people vaccinated against it, including children.

HPV vaccination program yields positive results on cervical cancer...

Tuesday, November 9, 2021 0 27791

A new study published in The Lancet finds that HPV vaccination greatly reduced the incidence of cervical cancer for young women in England.

CDC: Those with disabilities have a tougher time getting COVID-19 vaccines

A new CDC study reveals that Americans with a disability were more likely to seek COVID-19 vaccines, but had more challenges obtaining them...

What might this flu season have in store?

Influenza cases and deaths in the United States and worldwide dropped to unprecedented lows between October 3, 2020, and July 24, 2021, according...

Flu vaccine can protect against severe effects of COVID-19, study finds

A new study published in PLoS One suggests that the influenza vaccine may help safeguard individuals against COVID-19.

CDC finds childhood vaccination rates are still lagging

In a new analysis, CDC said there was a large decline in essential childhood vaccinations in the early months of the pandemic last year, but rates...

FDA: Don’t use antibody testing to evaluate immunity after COVID-19...

FDA reminded health care professionals and the public that results from currently authorized COVID-19 antibody tests should not be used to assess...

Five ways you can help college-age students become #VaccineConfident

Here are five ways you can help increase vaccination rates among college-age students in your role as a student pharmacist.

With great power comes great responsibility

Wednesday, May 19, 2021

With great power comes great responsibility

As Uncle Ben told Peter Parker in Spider-Man, “With great power comes great responsibility.” The privilege of our roles as immunizers is powerful and comes with the great responsibility of protecting and promoting public health.

Friday, May 7, 2021

Do adolescents have better HPV vaccination rates than young adults?

Researchers from the University of Michigan examined vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) in young adults versus adolescents for an 8-year period, from 2010 to 2018. Regardless of what age they were at first dose, more survey respondents opted for vaccination as the years passed. Still, compared with adolescents—68% of whom received one or more HPV doses by 2018—overall...

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Transitions Magazine

Majority of mumps cases are among vaccinated, study finds

HPV vaccination program yields positive results on cervical cancer...

CDC: Those with disabilities have a tougher time getting COVID-19 vaccines

What might this flu season have in store?

Flu vaccine can protect against severe effects of COVID-19, study finds

CDC finds childhood vaccination rates are still lagging

FDA: Don’t use antibody testing to evaluate immunity after COVID-19...

Five ways you can help college-age students become #VaccineConfident

With great power comes great responsibility

Do adolescents have better HPV vaccination rates than young adults?