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Q&A: Pharmacist Highlights Challenges in Vaccine Information Navigation Amid Changing Recommendations

Drug Topics

She highlighted the challenges of maintaining accurate, transparent vaccine guidance, focusing on the importance of trusted health care providers helping patients understand immunization strategies. Drug Topics: What will be the likely impacts of this change that pharmacists will need to communicate with their patients?

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Q&A: Expert Highlights Importance of Trusted Sources for Vaccine Information

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Further, she underscored the need for continued patient education, transparent communication, and a commitment to evidence-based medical guidance in an increasingly complex health care environment. Health care professionals emphasize patient education and reliable information in the evolving vaccine recommendation landscape.

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Gut Microbiome Composition Could Be Linked With Risk of Cognitive Impairment

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Community pharmacies, which are very accessible to the public, are well positioned to address social determinants of health (SDOH), including food insecurity. In a session at the Pharmacy Quality Alliance Annual Meeting 2025, presenters stated that approximately 68% of patients have at least 1 unmet SDOH. Drug Topics. May 30, 2025.

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FDA Approves GSK’s Shingles Vaccine in Prefilled Syringe

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1 The company said approval of the new presentation was based on data that showed comparability between the new and existing version of the vaccine. The new vaccine presentation, which is approved for the same indications, will make the process easier because it does need to be reconstituted before giving it to a patient.

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Conference Coverage Recap: American Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting and Exposition 2025

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Experts Debate Diabetes Care in Community Pharmacy vs Health Systems Despite evidence of improved diabetes outcomes, all pharmacy settings are capable of having a significant impact on diabetes care, according to a presentation at the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) 2025 Annual Meeting and Exposition.

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Q&A: How ACIP Changes Could Reshape Patient Care

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Kevin Cleveland, PharmD, professor at Idaho State University, explores the potential impacts of changes to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), highlighting concerns about shifting medical guidance and vaccine recommendations. Kevin Cleveland, PharmD: It's going to be pretty significant.

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Beyond Dispensing: How Pharmacists and Technicians Can Expand Services to Meet Patient Needs

Pharmacy Times

During the session “Collaborative Practice, Statewide Protocols, and Independent Prescriptive Authority: How Pharmacy is Expanding Services to Increase Access to Patients,” Klepser highlighted the importance of moving beyond product dispensing to provide higher-level services, such as immunizations and medication therapy management.