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- APhA2010 Annual Meeting and Ex...
Walter E. Washington Convention Center
Friday, March 12 at 11:15am
ACIP recently recommended that all individuals older than 65 years and certain high-risk patients be vaccinated against Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) using the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine.
CDC answers questions on sharing, transferring, and selling vaccine.
Data from 135 patients with treatment-naive Helicobacter pylori infections showed that a four-drug regimen (levofloxacin, omeprazole, nitazoxanide, and doxycycline) given for 7 or 10 days eradicated the bacterium in 95% of patients compared with an 81% eradication rate for the standard 10-day...
Agency reports an estimated 98,000 hospitalizations and 3,900 deaths from April to October 17.
Potential bacterial contamination cited.
Potential bacterial contamination cited.
Adding an inhaled corticosteroid to a long-acting beta-2 agonist in patients with COPD has limited benefits
APhA building event draws 400 to celebrate modern facility with ties to historic traditions.
American Pharmacists Association APhA dedicated its new headquarters building today. Festivities included a book signing by APhA historian George Griffenhagen, signing his book "150 Years of Caring."
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APhA Historian George Griffenhagen Signs Books
Agency reports an estimated 98,000 hospitalizations and 3,900 deaths from April to October 17.
Administration of four priming injections with ALVAC-HIV and two booster injections of AIDVAX B/E vaccine showed modest results in reducing transmission of HIV-1 infection in low- to moderate-risk heterosexual subjects.
FDA has issued an emergency use authorization for I.V. peramivir for the treatment of specific adult and pediatric patients with suspected or laboratory-confirmed H1N1 influenza.
Severity and duration of influenza illness can be reduced by antiviral medications.
Current preliminary evidence suggests that a single 15- or 30-mcg dose provides strong immune response among healthy pregnant women.
Questions, concerns aboundincluding some among pharmacists themselves.
