In a continuing commitment to address racial disparities in oral health, the National Dental Association Foundation (NDAF) and Colgate-Palmolive Company have announced the creation of the "Audacity to Dream" scholarship program for African…

Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) one-dose, easily stored COVID-19 vaccination recently received Emergency Use Authorization from the United States Food and Drug Administration, increasing the number of immunizations available to the…

With weeks of declining case numbers and increasing pandemic fatigue, many states are loosening COVID-19 restrictions, such as eliminating mask mandates and capacity restrictions. United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…

Good news regarding the global pandemic has abounded in recent weeks, and nowhere has that been more apparent than in nursing homes. Originally the hardest hit with more than 162,000 deaths attributed to COVID-19 illness since the start of…

According to a Time Magazine-Harris Poll taken between February 12 and 17, approximately 30% of Americans have postponed regular dental care due to fear of contracting COVID-19. The data also showed that 78% of Americans had put off at…

The Maryland Senate has passed a bill that would establish a task force on oral healthcare to explore issues related to access and barriers to dental services. 

For those who have recovered from COVID-19, one dose of the Pfizer vaccine offers significant, long-lasting protection, according to two research studies recently published in The Lancet. It is thought that one dose of the Pfizer vaccine…

Adding to a continuing stream of good news surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, research from the National Institutes of Health has found that individuals who have recovered from COVID-19 are unlikely to become reinfected with the novel…

The American Dental Hygienists’ Association (ADHA)  and American Dental Association (ADA) have partnered for the first time to conduct a study on the prevalence of COVID-19 among United States dental hygienists.

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released its own analysis of Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) one-shot, easily stored COVID-19 vaccine, finding that the immunization protects against severe COVID-19 illness and death,…