The Department of Education (ED) has released $3 billion in funding to states to address the unmet needs of the educational community caused by COVID-19 disruptions

A COVID-19 vaccine—created by Moderna in collaboration with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)—seems to initiate an immune response in a Phase 1 trial, giving hope to the possibility of an effective vaccine in…

In this episode of the Art of Dental Finance and Management podcast, Art covers how to obtain maximum forgiveness for a PPP loan. On Friday, May 15, the SBA issued an eleven-page Paycheck Protection Program Forgiveness Application that…

Dentists and their staff can stay in contact with their patients during the COVID-19 pandemic through the social media-based campaign, “Posts For My Patients.”

To help states reach their benchmarks for reopening, the United States Department of Health and Human Services will provide $11 billion to expand testing capabilities. Under this umbrella, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…

The ADEA Advocate reports that three states have eased restrictions on initial licensure for students graduating from dental or dental hygiene programs due to the cancellation of clinical examinations.

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently revoked its emergency authorization of several KN95 masks because they could not meet the minimum particle filtration requirement of 95%. They include KN95 masks manufactured by…

The ADEA Advocate reports Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont issued an executive order on April 22 that temporarily added dentists to the definition of “telehealth provider” under the state’s laws. 

A recent survey of more than 2,300 medical residents in the greater New York area found that ophthalmology residents in addition to emergency medicine and anesthesiology residents were at the greatest risk of COVID-19 infection.…

Bob Schroth, DMD, MSc, a Rady Faculty of Health Sciences professor at the University of Manitoba has designed a Canadian Caries Risk Assessment Tool to assess the risk of lesions in children younger than 6.