As efforts to improve COVID-19 vaccination rates ramp up, more states are allowing oral health professionals to administer these immunizations after completing a certain amount of training. Currently, specially trained dental hygienists are…

It has been a year since the United States declared a public health emergency because of the rapid transmission of SARS-CoV-2. The US issued this declaration on February 3, 2020, three days following a similar statement made by the World…

A peer-reviewed study in the highly regarded journal The Lancet found that Sputnik V, a new COVID-19 vaccine developed in Russia, was 91.6% effective in preventing infection with the novel coronavirus. The study included 22,000 subjects and…

The United States Department of Defense has entered into a $231 million agreement with the Australian company, Ellume, to fund the manufacture of its rapid and inexpensive COVID-19 test. Available without a prescription, the COVID-19 test…

According to researchers in the United Kingdom, changes to the tongue’s appearance—including discoloration and enlargement—may be symptomatic of COVID-19. While traditional COVID-19 symptoms, such as fever, cough, and loss of taste and…

To increase the number of vaccine providers throughout the state, California’s Department of Public Health has decreased the training requirements necessary for dentists to administer COVID-19 vaccines. Now, dentists must complete one…

Results from Phase 3 clinical trials on Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) one-dose COVID-19 vaccine demonstrated 72% effectiveness against moderate to severe COVID-19-related illness in the United States. However, this rate dropped to 57%…

A new variant to the novel coronavirus—referred to as P.1—emerged in December in Manaus, Brazil. Its high level of infectivity led to a steep rise in COVID-19 cases in the area. Public health officials are concerned due to P.1’s ability to…

The number of new COVID-19 cases is decreasing across the United States, while the number of patients hospitalized due to COVID-19 illness is at the lowest level since mid-December. More than 30 states have experienced declines in new case…

As new, more infectious variants to the novel coronavirus spread across the world, Pfizer, in collaboration with its partner BioNTech, is developing a booster shot that would offer protection against new strains that may evolve. The company…