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The Esther Wilkins Lifetime Achievement Award Honors Icon in Dental Hygiene…
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On September 29, the United States Department of Health and Human Services will open the application process to medical providers—including dentists—for another round of grants through the Provider Relief Fund. The federal government has…
Alabama Now Has Highest Number of COVID-19 Deaths in the US
Over the past 2 weeks, Alabama has reported approximately 100 deaths per day due to COVID-19, making it the state with the highest pandemic-related death rate. The statistic means that 18 out of 100,000 Alabamians are dying each week. West…
Researchers Suggest that COVID-19 Cases Will Soon Be on the Decline
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Rapid At-Home Tests May Be Key to Controlling COVID-19 but They Face Obstacles
For Americans who desperately want to keep their children in school and themselves at work, rapid at-home COVID-19 tests are key to avoiding quarantine. However, with the least expensive option coming in at $12 a test, they will be a…
COVID-19 Is Deadliest Pandemic in United States History
While the Spanish flu of 1918 has held the record as the deadliest disease event in the nation’s history with 675,000 deaths, it is clear that COVID-19, with 674,000 deaths and rising, will soon bypass this number. The global death rate due…
Advocate for Expanding Children’s Access to Oral Health
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TikTok Users Promote Questionable DIY Oral Health Treatments
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NIDCR Awards Grant to Study Salivary Gland Cancer
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FDA Says No to COVID-19 Booster Shots for All
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National Institutes of Health Initiates Major Study on Long-Haul COVID-19
A certain segment of those who recover from COVID-19 experience lingering symptoms such as breathing difficulty, fatigue, post-exertional malaise, brain fog, and headache. In order to better understand these post-COVID symptoms, the United…
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