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Top Story: Burnout is a crisis hurting health care providers, other medical workers, patients and the U.S. health care system, and addressing it must become a top national priority, according to Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA. [Log In To Read The Newsletter]

Top Story: A study of pharmacists’ mental health, from January 2020, found 75 percent of study participants experienced burnout. [Log In To Read The Newsletter]

Top Story: Pharmacists at federally qualified health centers talk about their approach to patient care and why building a relationship with them could improve health. [Log In To Read The Newsletter]

Top Story: Until recently, a pharmacist's responsibilities were almost exclusively confined to counting pills, attaching a label to the prescription bottle, and handing out the medication. At most, they would counsel patients whose prescriptions were somewhat complicated. [Log In To Read The Newsletter]

Top Story: Saturday marks National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. Drug Take Back Day is aimed at preventing medication misuse and opioid addiction from ever starting. Officials say often times people begin exploring with prescription drugs at home. [Log In To Read The Newsletter]

Top Story: The last week of April is World Immunization Week, which is a week that acts to highlight the role of immunizations in the prevention of illness and the reduction of disease transmission. [Log In To Read The Newsletter]

Top Story: Billing for care provided in the pharmacy is the profession’s greatest challenge and opportunity of this decade, and will not succeed without strong pharmacy technician support. [Log In To Read The Newsletter]

Top Story: A growing number of states have moved to expand what pharmacists can do to include treating a range of conditions, such as strep and flu, for which there are rapid point-of-care tests, Kaiser Health News reported March 31 [Log In To Read The Newsletter]

Top Story: There are thousands of clinical trials investigating treatments and preventative measures for COVID-19. [Log In To Read The Newsletter]

Top Story: During the COVID-19 pandemic, some medication therapy management (MTM) services shifted from face-to-face to virtual access and have become successful patient care models. [Log In To Read The Newsletter]