The Essential Role of Pharmacists in Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccination Evidence shows that pharmacists played a key role in COVID-19 vaccines for patients of all ages, including children, during the peak of the pandemic. Specifically, in the first three years of the pandemic (12/2020 – 9/2023) pharmacists provided 13 – 57% of all pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.1 […]

 By Debonique Burton Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is a very common respiratory virus that in most patients often presents with cold-like symptoms such as fever, sneezing, runny nose, cough, and/or decreased appetite.​ Unfortunately, in infants and those with risk factors for severe disease, can cause more serious illness such as bronchiolitis and pneumonia.  RSV has been the most common cause of hospital admissions among infants in the United […]

By Caroline Frost, PharmD candidate Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are a common childhood infection. About 90% of pediatric UTIs occur in females.​1​ Uropathogenic Escherichia coli accounts for about 80% of UTIs in children, specifically 83% in females and 50% in males. Other uropathogens include Enterococcus species (5% females, 17% males), Proteus mirabilis (4% females, 11% males), and Klebsiella sp (4% […]

I have been a pharmacist that has been practicing for more than 20 years, and throughout this time, the US has alwways had an infant hepatitis B vaccine strategy in place.  But this has not always been the case.  Let’s look back in time to learn more.  The first hepatitis B vaccine was introduced into […]