By: Azia Tariq, Staff Editor - With the sale of counterfeit drugs reaching an alarmingly higher rate than ever, The…
By: Elissa Tam PharmD Candidate c/o 2015 - HIV/AIDS continues to be a persistent problem in the United States and…
By: Kenny Ng, STJ AMCP Chapter President, PharmD c/o 2017, Kenny Chan, STJ AMCP Chapter President-Elect, PharmD c/o 2017, Davidta…
By: Azia Tariq, Staff Editor - The first recorded outbreak of the Ebola Zaire (ZEBOV), a strain of the ebola…
By: Sherin Pathickal, PharmD Candidate c/o 2016 - The mandatory receipt of vaccinations as a preventive public health measure has…
By: Sabrina Ahmed, PharmD Candidate c/o 2017 - Over the decades, one of the biggest mysteries encountered by researchers has…
By: Diana Gritsenko, PharmD Candidate c/o 2015 - Drug overdose is a serious problem in the United States. In 2010,…
By: Ada Seldin, Staff Editor - Since the first release of the Surgeon General’s Report on smoking 50 years ago,…
By: Ada Seldin, Staff Editor - CVS, the largest chain pharmacy in the United States, has announced that it will…
By: Sabrina Ahmed, PharmD Candidate c/o 2017 - One recent stride towards combating worldwide infectious disease has been in the…
By: Sherin Pathickal, PharmD Candidate c/o 2016 - Dengue Fever, widely known as “break-bone fever,” is an illness that causes…
By: Ada Seldin, Staff Editor - On November 22, 2013, simeprevir (Olysio®), a new agent to treat chronic hepatitis C,…
By: Sang Hyo Kim, Staff Editor - During the Fall 2013 semester, activist and bestselling author Temple Grandin, Ph.D, came…
By: Hamid Razaki, PharmD - Drug shortages seen across pharmacies in the United States continue to be an issue in…
By: Uzma Toppa, PharmD Candidate c/o 2014 - Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, also known as MERS, is a viral respiratory…
By: Davidta Brown, Staff Editor - Pathogenic bacteria have been enemies to human health for centuries. As recently as last…
By: Sang Hyo Kim, Staff Editor - On June 27, 2013, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), AIDS.gov,…
By: Davidta Brown, Staff Editor - When the seasons transition from winter into spring every year, healthcare providers brace for…
By: Beatrisa Popovitz, Staff Editor - For the past decade, antibiotic resistant bacteria have been a growing concern in healthcare.…
By: Aleena Cherian, PharmD Candidate c/o 2014 - Although opioid analgesics are among the most effective drugs to treat pain,…
By Taryn Mondiello and Frances Trosa, Pharm. D. Candidates c/o 2015 - On Saturday, April 13th, there was a Red…
By: Diana Gritsenko, Pharm D. Candidate c/o 2015 - Every flu season, it is the same story: long lines at…
By: Fawad Piracha, Pharm. D Candidate c/o 2016 - The 2012-2013 influenza season has developed into one of the greatest…
By: Bhavini Shah, PharmD Candidate c/o 2013 - Fycompa® (perampanel) has received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval…
By: Christina Tarantola, PharmD, PGY-1 Resident at Kings Pharmacy - The New York State Department of Health issued a health…
By: Maria Sorbera, PharmD Candidate c/o 2013, AMSCOP, LIU - Hepatitis C is the leading cause of chronic liver disease…
By: Alexandra Alleva, PharmD candidate c/o 2013 - As of December 28th, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pfizer's brand name oral anticoagulant,…
By: Maria Sorbera, PharmD Candidate c/o 2013 at AMSCOP (LIU) - Author William S. Burroughs states in his novel, “The…
By: Mahdieh Danesh Yazdi, Associate Student Editor - Many of us have prepared for influenza season by receiving the flu…
By: Mahdieh Danesh Yazdi, Associate Student Editor - For the past few weeks, we have heard about the terrible breakout…
By: Joo Hee Kwon, Pharm.D. Candidate c/o 2013 - There are 3 antigenic types of influenza: A, B, and C.…
By: Mohamed Dungersi, Associate Student Editor - What is diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)? Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is an acute complication of…
By: Mahdieh Danesh Yazdi, Associate Student Editor, with Special Thanks to Dr. Tomasz Jodlowski for his contributions to this article -…
By: Mahdieh Danesh Yazdi - Many pharmacists were disappointed that New York was the 49th state to allow pharmacists to…
By: Ebey P. Soman - Since its discovery in Tanganyika (modern day Mozambique and Tanzania in Africa) in 1952, Chikungunya…
By: Nandini Puranprashad - As primary advocators of patient care, student pharmacists and pharmacists are well on their way in…
By: Alisha Kumar, PharmD Candidate c/o 2012 - HIV transmission via organ transplantation is rare in the United States. However,…
By; Nikunj Vyas, PharmD Candidate c/o 2012 - Seasonal flu vaccines protect us against the three influenza viruses that researchers…