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Top Story: Amid the pandemic, how effectively pharmacists embraced their role as frontline care providers could change the profession forever. [Log In To Read Newsletter]

Top Story: At the end of 2020, the biggest buzz in pharmacy—and the world—were the Pfizer and Moderna coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines. [Log In To Read Newsletter]

Top Story: Starting next week, CVS and Walgreens will send teams of pharmacists to tens of thousands of long-term care facilities nationwide to inoculate people against COVID-19. [Log In To Read Newsletter]

Top Story: Several pharmacy groups praised the Supreme Court of the United States’ (SCOTUS) landmark ruling to uphold an Arkansas law regulating pharmacy benefit managers’ (PBMs) drug reimbursement rates. [Log In To Read Newsletter]

Top Story: Californians will likely see the first doses of Pfizer’s new COVID-19 vaccine arrive between Dec. 12 and 15, Gov. Gavin Newsom said today as he unveiled the state’s distribution plans for its initial allotment of 327,000 doses. [Log In To Read Newsletter]

Top Story: In today’s fast-paced health care landscape, where most patients spend 15 minutes in their physician’s office maybe 4 times a year, the pharmacist, who is the most accessible health care professional, is leaned on more and more to triage patients needing a higher level of care. [Log In To Read Newsletter]

Top Story: Pharmacy groups welcomed incoming members of Congress — including 3 who are pharmacists — after the United States election. They also stressed pharmacy-centered issues for Congress to focus on when they reconvene in January. [Log In To Read Newsletter]

Top Story: According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, adverse drug events contribute to more than 1 million emergency room visits and over 250,000 hospitalizations in the United States, although many are preventable. [Log In To Read Newsletter]

Top Story: While the world awaits a vaccine for Covid-19, Americans are rushing to pharmacies in record numbers for seasonal flu shots. Public health officials say that may help avoid a “twindemic.” [Log In To Read Newsletter]

Top Story: Under normal circumstances, pharmacists are a critical component of vaccine uptake, as well as a trusted resource for patients looking to gain information and make informed decisions about the risks and benefits of vaccination. [Log In To Read Newsletter]