The 2021 OSAP Dental Infection Control Boot Camp, “2021 Safety Strong,” will take place January 25–28.

Procter & Gamble (P&G) Oral Care has announced its commitment to advance healthy oral care habits to transform people’s health while reducing the impact on the planet through its new sustainability commitments.

An antibody medication may help prevent COVID-19 illness in long-term care facilities, according to the manufacturer Eli Lilly. In a study conducted by the Indianapolis-based pharmaceutical company in collaboration with the National…

The American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) has awarded the Gold Medal, the academy’s highest honor, to Donald Clem III, DDS.

More than 4,000 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on their way to Maine may need to be discarded because they did not arrive frozen. Moderna’s vaccine must be kept at -13°F to 5°F to ensure viability. Maine public health officials note…

Avista Capital Partners ("Avista"), a leading private equity firm focused exclusively on healthcare, last week completed its previously announced acquisition of Solmetex, the industry's leading provider of amalgam separators and other waste…

This information is from the article Scope of Practice Expansion Opportunities For Dental Hygienists by Tatiyana Trowbridge, DDS. To read the article, click here.

Preliminary data on the CoronaVac—a COVID-19 vaccination manufactured by the Beijing-based biopharmaceutical company Sinovac—demonstrated only about 50% efficacy in preventing mild and severe COVID-19 illness in a Brazilian clinical trial.…

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This information is from the article Cutting the Red Tape by Jane Koppelman. To read the article, click here.