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Top Story: Mary Reed, DrPH, research scientist at Kaiser Permanente, discussed what changes would be necessary to continue providing quality virtual health care to patients with diabetes. [Log In To Read The Newsletter]

Top Story: A month after California’s reopening lifted most pandemic restrictions, COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are rising, worrying public health officials as they contend with the more infectious Delta variant and the lagging pace of vaccinations in some communities. [Log In To Read The Newsletter]

Top Story: COVID-19 infections in California are on the rise, as public health officials in the US west warn that the more transmissible Delta variant of the coronavirus is fast gaining ground. [Log In To Read The Newsletter]

Top Story: Thank you to America’s pharmacy teams for helping to make 2021’s July 4th celebrations just that – true celebrations! [Log In To Read The Newsletter]

Top Story: As pharmacists continue to provide essential services during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important for decision makers, community pharmacy staff, and consumers to endorse and support the ongoing public health role for community pharmacy, according to a study published in BMJ. [Log In To Read The Newsletter]

Top Story: An increasing number of pharmacists are now prescribing birth control, further expanding their role as public health service providers. [Log In To Read The Newsletter]

Top Story: Pharmacists play a role in prevention of opioid overdose by providing information to patients about signs and symptoms. [Log In To Read The Newsletter]

Top Story: New data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) show that many patients are foregoing mental health care during the COVID-19 pandemic, despite an increased need for many people caused by isolation and stress. [Log In To Read The Newsletter]

Top Story: Your neighborhood pharmacists dispense nearly 70 percent of all prescriptions. Unfortunately, they face profit-driven sales quotas, such as enrolling 40 percent of patients into automatic refill programs and filling a minimum number of prescriptions per hour that have nothing to do with the safe practice of medicine. [Log In To Read The Newsletter]

Top Story: Although experts have long believed that Asian Americans face fewer health conditions compared to other minority groups, new research suggests that they are at a higher risk for some specialty pharmacy-related health conditions. [Log In To Read The Newsletter]