For the third week in a row, the number of children diagnosed with COVID-19 has declined. During the week of January 29 to February 4, 118,000 new cases were found among children, down from 200,000 during the week of January 8 to 14. Thus…
Millions of counterfeit N95 respirators have entered the United States market, bypassing American investigators charged with noting such fakes. Healthcare workers from Washington State to New Jersey have notified authorities about receiving…
New York University College of Dentistry (NYU Dentistry) has established a think tank designed to cultivate new leaders in dentistry, foster dialogue, and use research to develop oral health policy and management recommendations.
Those who have received two doses of either the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine no longer need to quarantine if they come in contact with someone infected with SARS-CoV-2, according to the United States Centers for Disease Control and…
The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded two New York University (NYU) College of Dentistry clinical researchers a 5-year, $3,276,000 grant to test whether…
The COVID-19 vaccination is designed to elicit an immune response to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, teaching the body how to fight off infection. This immune response often materializes as fever, chills, headache, and fatigue. This is good…
This information is from the article Communication Is Key In Caries Management by Man Wai Ng, DDS, MPH and Victoria Grady, RDH, BSDH. To read the article, click here.
Results from a poll taken the week of January 18 show that 88% of patients have either already sought dental care or are planning to do so. The poll, conducted by the American Dental Association Health Policy Institute (ADA HPI), also found…
This information is from the article Reduce Aerosol Risk With Preprocedural Mouthrinse By Rosette Bravo-Nguyen, RDH, BA. To read the article, click here.
Dental and dental hygiene students, faculty and staff at University of Manitoba (UM) will be asked to contribute saliva samples to a COVID-19 research study.
