• Historic Funding Drop Threatens Global HIV Progress

    Historic Funding Drop Threatens Global HIV Progress
    Originally published by our sister publication Infectious Disease Special EditionBy Ethan CoveyDonor government funding for HIV programs in low- and middle-income countries fell by 25% in 2025, the steepest single-year decline since international reporting began, global health leaders warned during the opening press conference for AIDS 2026, in Rio de Janeiro.The warning accompanied the release of the 2026 UNAIDS global AIDS update. Since the epidemic’s peak, new HIV infections have fallen by
  • The ; Gray Zone: When the Right Answer Is ‘It Depends’

    The ; Gray Zone: When the Right Answer Is ‘It Depends’
    By Gina ShawMany of the personal care and hygiene questions that come up daily in sterile compounding have no answer in USP General Chapter <797>: everything from lash extensions and gel manicures to a new tattoo under a sleeve or a phone wiped down and left in a bag in the anteroom.Those compounding safety judgment calls fall to the designated person (DP), said experts at the 2026 ASHP Pharmacy Futures meeting, in St. Louis, and that DP then has to defend whatever ends up in your compound

Follow @newsl_pharmacy on Twitter!