A new COVID-19 relief package has passed both the Senate and the House to help small business owners, independent contractors, and the self-employed who missed out on the initial round of funding provided by the Coronavirus Aid Relief and…

With most dental practices shuttered except for emergency treatment and many oral health professionals out of work, dentists are asking the United States Department of Health and Human Services to identify them as federally recognized…

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first at-home test for COVID-19. Created by LabCorp, the test had already received Emergency Use Authorization from the FDA for implementation in clinical settings. The…

Jessica Fagan, RDH, BS, MA—a full-time faculty member at Carrington College in Sacramento, California—is blogging for Dimensions of Dental Hygiene about COVID-19. If you’ve been watching the news, you may have seen news reports…

As the practice of dentistry comes with inherent risks in the era of COVID-19 due to the production of aerosols common in many dental treatments, the availability of widespread and rapid COVID-19 testing is integral to the ability of dental…

On April 17, the National Institutes of Health released study results that showed the antiviral drug remdesivir effectively decreased lung damage and clinical signs of COVID-19 in a population of monkeys.

Thirteen days after the federal government’s Paycheck Protection Program was initially launched, it has run out of funds.

With pinprick antibody tests that provide results within 15 minutes becoming available, experts suggest that widespread antibody COVID-19 testing may be the key to reopening the country. Such testing can provide key data points such as how…

The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) launched an online program “Get My Payment” on April 15 that enables you to check the status of your stimulus payments and upload your bank account information to speed up the availability of those…

Jessica Fagan, RDH, BS, MA—a full-time faculty member at Carrington College in Sacramento, California—is blogging for Dimensions of Dental Hygiene about COVID-19. A new study demonstrates just how easily COVID-19 can transmit…