The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning letter on September 10 to Pharmacy Plus Inc for fraudulently claiming its products are helpful against COVID-19. The company makes “COVID PACK” and “COVID ‘POSITIVE’…

The Paycheck Protection Small Business Forgiveness Act (S 4117) has been introduced in the Senate by a bipartisan group of senators from across the United States, and is strongly supported by the American Dental Association (ADA). The bill…

A significant adverse reaction was noted in one participant of a clinical trial on a COVID-19 vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca in partnership with Oxford University. Details on the serious side effect or the United Kingdom-based study…

Kathleen T. O’Loughlin, DMD, MPH, executive director of the American Dental Association, asked members of a National Academies, Engineering, and Medicine panel—who are working on a plan for the equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines—to…

While the United States has spent more than $10 billion on vaccine development, funds have not been allocated to support public health departments in rolling out two COVID-19 vaccines that may be ready as early as late October or the…

Approximately 69% of COVID-19 infections went undiagnosed among 3,000 frontline healthcare professionals between April and June in 12 states, according to new research published in the United States Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.…

In a letter to the biopharmaceutical industry, CEOs from Ovid Therapeutics, Nkarta Therapeutics, Global Blood Therapeutics, Biotechnology Innovation Organization, Acorda Therapeutics, GlycoMimetics, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, and Alkermes…

As yet unidentified, Vaccine A and Vaccine B should be ready for national distribution by late October or early November, according to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The vaccines will initially be used…

The use of systemic corticosteroids may significantly decrease mortality among those critically ill with COVID-19, according to a meta-analysis published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on September 2. The study found…

In these first-person accounts, three dentists—at varying points in their professional careers—share their successes, failures, and hopes for the future as they navigate the “new normal” of practicing dentistry in the age of COVID-19.