The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is pouring more than $107 million into new and innovative solutions to COVID-19 testing and tracking. The funds will support the development of a new platform that can be used during the novel…

As the United Kingdom sounded the alarm that a mutated version of the novel coronavirus was rapidly spreading across the region and neighboring countries shut down travel from the UK, most scientists note that this behavior is not unusual…

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the BinaxNOW COVID-19 Ag Card Home Test, an at-home COVID-19 test available by prescription only. This antigen test uses self-collected…

The United States Health Resources and Services Administration has finished reviewing applications submitted for funds from the Provider Relief Fund (PRF), and will begin dispersing the $24.5 billion to more than 70,000 healthcare…

According to a poll conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation, 73% of Americans now report wearing a mask when leaving home. In May 2020, only 52% acknowledged they wore a mask while in public. Additionally, 70% of poll respondents said…

Americans are doing what they can to save money in these unprecedented times, but there is one area where many are willing to pay more: the dental office. Specifically, patients would pay more for less painful dental injections.

The National Institutes of Health has begun an observational study on the impact of COVID-19 on the health of children, particularly the effects and prevalence of multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C). The study will include a minimum…

New research links periodontal diseases and nitric oxide-reducing oral bacteria with blood pressure regulation.

Innovative solutions to common oral health problems may be on the way with regenerative therapies.

Cynthia C. Gadbury-Amyot, RDH, MA, EdD, has spent her long career helping future dental hygienists and dentists learn.