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A small Chinese study showed that among those hospitalized with COVID-19, the percentage of those who wore eyeglasses for more than 8 hours per day was less (5.8%) than the rate of myopia in the…

The American Dental Association (ADA) has expressed its support of House Bill Small Business PPE Tax Credit Act (HR 7216), which provides a tax credit for small businesses to offset the expense of…

The University of Michigan (U-M) School of Dentistry welcomes three new full-time faculty members who specialize in cariology, restorative sciences and oral and maxillofacial surgery. 

A Phase 3 clinical trial on a COVID-19 vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca in partnership with Oxford University was put on hold after a participant in the United Kingdom (UK)-based study developed…

Patients are returning to the dental office, with 99% of practices open and patient volumes hovering at nearly 75% of pre-pandemic rates, according to the American Dental Association Health Policy…

The Organization for Safety, Asepsis and Prevention (OSAP), a community of clinicians, educators, consultants, researchers, industry representatives, and compliance directors who advocate for safe and…

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center have found that tipifarnib showed promise in treating HNSCC tumors with mutations in the HRAS gene.

Research shows that those who experience the most severe COVID-19 symptoms are often obese. A recent meta-analysis of nearly 400,000 patients published in Obesity Reviews found that people with…

Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) has received a $1 million donation, as well as a team of Google fellows—including software engineers and researchers—at no cost to CMU, to support its…

The global pandemic has resulted in a team of researchers at the University of Kentucky’s College of Dentistry finding creative ways to continue an outreach and care program focused on raising public…