Help Us Raise Awareness this March for National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
The DTA Foundation has created a Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month social media campaign encouraging people to raise awareness about the unmet oral health care need for the disabled community. To help spread the word, we're asking…
Most Americans Are No Longer Afraid of the COVID-19 Pandemic
According to a poll conducted by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, most Americans are no longer afraid of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the number of new infections has dropped drastically, only 24% of Americans…
Moderna Creates New Iterations of Its COVID-19 Booster Shot
Scientists at Moderna have been hard at work on a COVID-19 booster redesigned to provide protection against at least two SARS-CoV-2 variants in addition to creating a vaccine that could be combined with a flu shot. The company is currently…
The Big Easy Distributes Rapid COVID-19 Tests Befor Fat Tuesday
In 2020, New Orleans let the good times roll and paid the price. The city hosted its traditional Mardi Gras celebration, which was followed by a bad hangover—a precipitous rise in COVID-19 cases. After becoming a Southern hot spot of…
Bye-Bye Masks!
On Friday, February 25, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revised its recommendation that Americans wear masks while in public indoor spaces in order to reduce the transmission of SARS-CoV-2, suggesting they are…
Steering the Future of Oral Health Through a Behavioral Lens
Noting that “oral health is a mirror of overall health,” Daniel W. McNeil, PhD, MA, a clinical health psychologist at West Virginia University in Morgantown, is leading efforts to improve global oral health through what some might…
Survey of Dentists Finds Increase in Anxiety, COVID-19 May Be to Blame
A survey of American dentists regarding their health found a steep increase in anxiety compared to 2003, with concerns regarding COVID-19 cited as a likely contributor. The stress of practicing during a global pandemic and the resultant…
COVID-19 Pandemic Widens Health Equity Gap
As the United States approaches the end of the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, a national poll notes that 25% of respondents say it remains difficult for them to access care from physicians or oral health professionals. These findings…
New COVID-19 Vaccine to Seek Emergency Use Authorization from FDA
Sanofi and GSK are expected to request Emergency Use Authorization from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its two-dose COVID-19 vaccine that uses traditional immunization technology rather than the new mRNA approach…
Keeping All the Balls in the Air
Olivia Morzenti, BS, RDH, CDHC, MS(c), continues to seek out new experiences in her quest to improve the oral health of this nation’s most vulnerable populations.
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