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 infection-free delivery of oral…

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 obesity and COVID-19 were 113% more likely to…

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 COVID-19 forecasting project. The project,…

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 awareness of the symptoms of oral…

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’…

UV Angel Air and Next Generation UV Angel Adapt are being deployed in fight against COVID-19.

Nursing homes that implemented staff training in oral health saw a 31% decrease in pneumonia cases compared to nursing homes that have not used the program, according to an article published in The Journal of the American Medical…

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…

VOCO introduces CleanJoy, a fluoride and xylitol-containing, minimally abrasive prophy paste.