As efforts to improve COVID-19 vaccination rates ramp up, more states are allowing oral health professionals to administer these immunizations after completing a certain amount of training. Currently, specially trained dental hygienists are…
It has been a year since the United States declared a public health emergency because of the rapid transmission of SARS-CoV-2. The US issued this declaration on February 3, 2020, three days following a similar statement made by the World…
This information is from the article When Should I Refer Patients to a Periodontist? By Timothy J. Hempton, DDS and Gayathri M. Shenoy, DMD. To read the article, click here.
A peer-reviewed study in the highly regarded journal The Lancet found that Sputnik V, a new COVID-19 vaccine developed in Russia, was 91.6% effective in preventing infection with the novel coronavirus. The study included 22,000 subjects and…
The United States Department of Defense has entered into a $231 million agreement with the Australian company, Ellume, to fund the manufacture of its rapid and inexpensive COVID-19 test. Available without a prescription, the COVID-19 test…