Obesity-Related Inflammation Linked to Periodontal Diseases
New research uncovers more details about this bidirectional relationship.
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Where the Rubber Hits the Road
Deanna Alexander, RDH, expands access to care with her mobile dental hygiene clinic.
As COVID-19 Cases Rise, More Restrictions Return
While we all hoped that this holiday season would bring a greater return to “normal,” the arrival of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 has sent cases skyrocketing and the revisiting of pandemic restrictions. New York State has seen an epic…
British Dentists Balk at COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates
The British Dental Association (BDA) is warning the country’s public health officials that many dentists will simply leave the profession rather than adhere to a COVID-19 vaccine mandate, leaving vulnerable Brits without access to oral…
CDC Recommends Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines
The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization unanimously recommended that Americans receive either the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine as opposed to Johnson & Johnson’s. This…
Asymptomatic Individuals With COVID-19 May Be Super-Spreaders
Those infected with SARS-CoV-2 but show no symptoms are spreading COVID-19 throughout their communities according to a new analysis published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network Open. Out of nearly 20,000 subjects…
Those Who Are Vaccinated and Experience a Breakthrough Infection Develop High Levels of Immunity to…
Oregon Health & Science University researchers found that vaccinated individuals who developed breakthrough COVID-19 infections were left with “super immunity” against the Delta and other variants. Published in the Journal of the…
New Type of Vaccine Could Be Game Changer in the Fight Against Coronaviruses
The United States Army is developing a vaccine that may be effective against all coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV-2. The vaccine, called spike ferritin nanoparticle, utilizes ferritin, a protein, in a ball-like scaffold that encompasses…
US Reaches Sobering COVID-19 Milestone
As of December 14, 2021, more than 800,000 Americans have died due to COVID-19. This is approximately the same number of Americans who die annually due to heart disease or stroke. The United States has the highest morbidity rate of any…
South African Data Show Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine Is Not as Effective Against Omicron
New research out of South Africa, one of the first countries to report the new SARS-CoV-2 variant—Omicron—shows that the Pfizer vaccine is not as successful at preventing hospitalization among those with COVID-19. The study found that while…
