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Pharmacists, Staff Can Provide Monkeypox Vaccines, Therapeutics
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A recent Department of Health & Human Services decision that set the stage for the delivery of monkeypox vaccines and therapeutics at pharmacies was welcomed by a leading pharmacy group. Find out what the American Pharmacists Association had to say about the effect of including pharmacists and pharmacy staff as approved providers.
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COVID Booster Uptake Could Save Thousands of Lives
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Without increased uptake of bivalent COVID-19 booster shots, a predicted infection surge this winter might cause a lot of suffering and high associated expenses. That is according to a new Commonwealth Fund study that found even a moderately successful vaccine campaign would prevent 75,000 deaths and more than 745,000 hospitalizations and generate savings of $44 billion, compared with baseline. Read more.
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Stimulant Prescriptions for Insured Teens Doubled From 2009 to 2019
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Over the last decade or so, prescriptions for controlled substances have burgeoned for adolescents and young adults, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Associate Pediatrics. In a 12-year period ending in 2019, prevalence of stimulant prescriptions rose from 22.5 to 44.0 per 1,000 in adolescents and 10.3 versus 30.4 for young adults. Read more.
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Rapid Antigen Testing Not Affected Much by SARS-CoV-2 Variants
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Concerns have been raised about whether rapid antigen tests have been as accurate with Omicron variants of SARS-CoV-2 as they were earlier in the COVID-19 pandemic. Find out how a recent study determined that the performance of these tests in those infected with the Omicron variant is not inferior to those with Delta infections and why the authors urge serial testing in both cases.
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