A policy brief from  UCLA Center for Health Policy Research shows low-income California adults are less likely to receive regular dental checkups and more likely to visit the dentist for specific problems than those with higher incomes. 

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.…

A study published in Neurology,  the journal of the American Academy of Neurology, suggests periodontitis may be linked to mild cognitive impairment and dementia later in life, especially when it is severe and results in tooth loss. 

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…

Researchers at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and UCLA School of Dentistry may have found a new combination therapy to treat advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, according to a recent study. 

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…

Oral health professionals can help spread the word about the importance of The Safest Dental Visit during Dental Infection Control Awareness Month (DICAM). 

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.