The coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic continues to spread rapidly worldwide,1,2 and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has evolved into variants with increasing transmissibility and capability of evading human…
How do I get a free at-home over-the-counter COVID-19 test? Starting January 15, most people with a health plan can go online, or to a pharmacy or store to purchase…
The number of people in the United States hospitalized with Covid-19 is about to surpass the figure reached during this summer’s spike, federal data show, as a confluence of factors — from the…
China’s elites are stockpiling supplies of Paxlovid, Pfizer’s Covid-19 antiviral drug, and giving it away to curry favor with business associates as an unprecedented Covid wave leaves hospitals stripped of…
Drug cuts risk of fatigue and other lingering symptoms by 26% Study supports wider Paxlovid use to avoid disabling problems Pfizer Inc.’s blockbuster Paxlovid antiviral that lowers rates of illness…
Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is a component of neural tissue. Because its accretion into the brain is greatest during the final trimester of pregnancy, infants born before 29 weeks’ gestation do…
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, after months of effort by APhA and other stakeholders, FDA has updated the EUA for the COVID-19 oral antiviral, Paxlovid, to permit pharmacists to order and prescribe Paxlovid under certain…
There are reports that more and more Americans were using twice the amount of melatonin pill to fall asleep than they were over 10 years ago, but is melatonin really…
Normal pressure is 120/80 or lower. Your blood pressure is considered high (stage 1) if it reads 130/80. Stage 2 high blood pressure is 140/90 or higher. If you get…
Prescription opioids are powerful pain-reducing medications that include oxycodone, hydrocodone, and morphine, among others, and have both benefits as well as potentially serious risks. However, too many Americans have been…
