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Top Story: In its most recent efforts to provide public access to COVID-19–related medications, the FDA is now allowing state-licensed pharmacists to prescribe the nirmatrelvir and ritonavir combination (Paxlovid), an antiviral treatment produced by Pfizer Inc. [Log In To Read the Newsletter]

Top Story: About 3.4 million people nationwide have active epilepsy and pharmacists can ensure that epilepsy does not control their lives. [Log In To Read the Newsletter]

Top Story: The influenza virus causes a respiratory infection that can result in serious complications, predominantly in older adults, young children, and individuals with certain medical conditions, but pharmacists can be great advocates for flu vaccination. [Log In To Read the Newsletter]

Top Story: Address vaccine hesitancy at your pharmacy to encourage patients and their families to get vaccinated against COVID-19, flu, and more. [Log In To Read the Newsletter]

Although the COVID-19 pandemic brought to light the importance of health care providers across the practice spectrum, a bright light has been cast on independent pharmacists, a group that rolled up their collective sleeves and went above and beyond to continue caring for patients in their communities. [Log In To Read the Newsletter]

Top Story: UCSF infectious disease expert Dr. Peter Chin Hong says a possible twindemic with flu season and the ongoing COVID pandemic is more probable this year and urges people to get a flu shot. [Log In To Read The Newsletter]

Top Story: "Over the last I think five years, a lot of states, including California, have done a really great job at expanding the services that pharmacists can provide,” said Richard Dang, president of the California Pharmacists Association. [Log In To Read the Newsletter]

Top Story: New data from California’s public health department show that in the first three weeks of July there were more than 50,000 documented reinfections, accounting for 1 in 7 new COVID cases through the middle of the month. [Log In To Read The Newsletter]

Top Story: California's BA.5 surge may have peaked, with new cases trending down, according to state data analyzed by The Chronicle. [Log In To Read The Newsletter]

Top Story: COVID-19 booster vaccinations elicit high levels of neutralizing antibodies against the omicron variant in adults, but those antibody levels decrease substantially within 3 months, according to a new study from National Institutes of Health. [Log In To Read The Newsletter]