As more states consider adding the American Dental Association’s “oral preventive assistant,” dental hygienists assert patient care will suffer and suggest moving the profession toward self-governance.
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FDA Redoubles Efforts to Encourage Development of New Tests for COVID-19
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China Is Already Vaccinating to Create ‘Immunity Barrier’
Officials from China’s National Health Commission (NHC) announced that it has been vaccinating essential workers—including border control agents and healthcare providers—against infection with the novel coronavirus since July 22. Developed…
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Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center have found that tipifarnib showed promise in treating HNSCC tumors with mutations in the HRAS gene.
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