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FDA Facilitates Broader Adoption of Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide for Medical Device Sterilization |
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Thursday, January 11, 2024 05:00 PM |
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Agency Continues to Encourage Ethylene Oxide Sterilization Alternatives. Read more. |
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Sulfa allergies, sulfite allergies, and local anesthetics in dentistry |
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Wednesday, January 10, 2024 05:46 PM |
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Sulfa, sulfite, and sulfur may sound alike, but the similarity ends there. Here’s what to consider when you have dental patients with allergic reactions to sulfa drugs and sulfites and who can’t have articaine as a local anesthetic. Read more. |
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Red Cross declares emergency blood shortage, calls for donations during National Blood Donor Month |
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Wednesday, January 10, 2024 05:39 PM |
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The American Red Cross is facing an emergency blood shortage as it experiences the lowest number of people giving blood in the last 20 years. Blood and platelet donations are needed now to help alleviate the shortage and ensure lifesaving medical procedures proceed without delay. Read more. |
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Philadelphia Measles Outbreak Has Officials Concerned |
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Wednesday, January 10, 2024 01:13 PM |
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Eight Philadelphia residents are known to have contracted measles, the city's department of health said in an update on the outbreak released Monday. Read more. |
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IZ Express #1,734: Revised nirsevimab guidance, Vaccination Experience web page, and more |
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Wednesday, January 10, 2024 09:22 AM |
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IZ Express #1,734: Revised nirsevimab guidance, Vaccination Experience web page, and more. Read more. |
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Study: Thirdhand smoke may harm children |
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Tuesday, January 09, 2024 06:30 PM |
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UC researcher says toxic substances remain on surfaces, even in homes that ban indoor smoking. Read more. |
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Philadelphia blames measles outbreak on people declining vaccines, failing to quarantine |
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Tuesday, January 09, 2024 06:27 PM |
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The city of Philadelphia is blaming the recent measles outbreak on people declining to get vaccinated and failing to follow quarantine recommendations, after its Department of Public Health confirmed at least four cases. Read more. |
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Fatal TB outbreak shows importance of screening tissue transplants |
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Tuesday, January 09, 2024 06:25 PM |
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Today a new study published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report describes an outbreak of tuberculosis (TB) linked to contaminated bone allografts (tissue transplant) from the same donor. Read more. |
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US sees COVID resurgence as JN.1 variant becomes dominant |
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Tuesday, January 09, 2024 06:22 PM |
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The U.S. is riding another wave of rising COVID-19 infections, as holiday gatherings and a new variant are driving increased transmission. Read more. |
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The gum disease-dementia connection |
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Monday, January 08, 2024 08:30 PM |
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Who knew dental hygienists are also brain health hygienists? We did! The Queen of Dental Hygiene, Barbara Tritz, explains how caring for the gums can reduce the risk of dementia. Read more. |
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Few Children With SARS-CoV-2 Develop Post-COVID-19 Condition |
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Monday, January 08, 2024 08:26 PM |
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More children with positive SARS-CoV-2 tests have post-COVID-19 condition, but no significant difference seen in QoL for those with positive, negative tests. Read more. |
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Dear Patient: You can die from cavities |
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Monday, January 08, 2024 08:23 PM |
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Dental care is not an afterthought, and ignoring dental issues or toughing them out can have dire consequences. Do your patients understand what they are? Read more. |
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Study Investigates Role of Experiential Service Learning in Dental Education |
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Monday, January 08, 2024 03:59 PM |
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A recent study explored the use of experiential service learning — an approach that encourages students to apply their knowledge base as well as critical thinking to effectively manage a community health problem — in dental education, focusing on a project that integrates theoretical learning, dental epidemiological investigations, data analysis, creation of scientific oral health education materials, and actual oral health education. Read more. |
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Bottled water can contain hundreds of thousands of previously uncounted tiny plastic bits, study finds |
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Monday, January 08, 2024 03:18 PM |
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In recent years, there has been rising concern that tiny particles known as microplastics are showing up basically everywhere on Earth, from polar ice to soil, drinking water and food. Formed when plastics break down into progressively smaller bits, these particles are being consumed by humans and other creatures, with unknown potential health and ecosystem effects. Read more. |
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NYC Moves Closer to Eliminating Viral Hepatitis as a Public Health Threat |
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Sunday, January 07, 2024 02:01 PM |
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There were declines in newly reported cases of chronic hepatitis C as well as hepatitis A between 2021 and 2022 while newly reported cases of chronic hepatitis B in New York City rose in 2022. Read more. |
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A third in Hong Kong may have had COVID amid Omicron, most with no symptoms |
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Sunday, January 07, 2024 01:54 PM |
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Hong Kong researchers estimate that 33.6% of the adult population had COVID-19 in 2022, 72.1% with no symptoms, according to an analysis published yesterday in Emerging Infectious Diseases. Read more. |
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WVU School of Dentistry dean highlights needs for modernization in dental training |
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Sunday, January 07, 2024 01:03 PM |
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The dean of the West Virginia University School of Dentistry sees continual investments in innovation within dental education as key to serving the oral health care needs of West Virginia residents, a major contributor to overall health. Read more. |
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RSV Vaccines Would Greatly Reduce Illness if Implemented Like Flu Shots |
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Sunday, January 07, 2024 01:00 PM |
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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccines recently approved for people 60 and older would dramatically reduce the disease’s significant burden of illness and death in the United States if they were widely adopted like annual influenza vaccines, a new study has found. Read more. |
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Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic: What can we do better? |
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Sunday, January 07, 2024 12:31 PM |
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The COVID-19 pandemic has been difficult for all Americans, with unprecedented morbidity and mortality, economic hardship and social stressors. Read more. |
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What the Pandemic Is Teaching Us About the Immune System |
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Saturday, January 06, 2024 12:29 PM |
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Four years after the first cases of an unusual pneumonia appeared in Wuhan in December 2019, nearly 7 million people have lost their lives to COVID-19, and some 65 million more continue to struggle with the infection’s mystifying aftermath — a poorly understood syndrome known as long COVID. Read more. |
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Answering the most-asked questions from social media: Hand hygiene |
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Saturday, January 06, 2024 12:26 PM |
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This is the third in a series of articles in which we will bring in an expert to address some of the misinformation we have read in various social media posts and groups. You can see the previous two installments at the bottom of this article. Read more. |
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Spit Happens - The Surprising Importance of Saliva |
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Saturday, January 06, 2024 12:24 PM |
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Do you have a favorite food that makes your mouth water? The liquid that fills your mouth is called saliva. This remarkable fluid helps you digest food and stay healthy. Read more. |
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Attitudes Towards Vaccines Demonstrate More Hesitancy for COVID-19 vs Influenza Immunizations |
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Saturday, January 06, 2024 12:21 PM |
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In a new survey, respondents said both vaccines were efficacious, but a higher share said influenza vaccines were very safe compared to COVID-19 vaccines. This demonstrates a public health concern considering the higher incidence rates and hospitalizations of COVID-19 over the flu, and the possibility of low vaccine intakes. Read more. |
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Association of oral microbiome with oral human papillomavirus infection: a population study of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2009-2012 |
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Saturday, January 06, 2024 11:30 AM |
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Oral human papillomavirus(HPV) infection and the oral microbiome are associated with oropharyngeal cancer. However, population-based data on the association of oral microbiome with oral HPV infection are limited. Read more. |
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Patient receptivity to receiving vaccinations in the dental clinic at a rural federally qualified health center |
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Friday, January 05, 2024 04:19 PM |
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More than 28 million people in the United States visited their dentists but not a physician in 2018, yet only a few states allow dentists to administer vaccines to patients, and those vaccines are limited to influenza, COVID-19, and human papillomavirus. Read more. |
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Trajectories of opioid prescribing by general dentists, specialists, and oral and maxillofacial surgeons in the United States, 2015-2019 |
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Friday, January 05, 2024 04:11 PM |
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Despite decreases in opioid prescribing from 2016 through 2019, some dentists (general, specialists, oral and maxillofacial surgeons) in the United States continue to prescribe opioids at high rates. The authors’ objective was to define dentists’ trajectories of opioid prescribing. Read more. |
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Mental Health Spotlight: Turning Dental Hygienists’ New Year’s Resolutions into Attainable Goals |
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Friday, January 05, 2024 04:05 PM |
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As dental professionals, we are primed for burnout. Hectic schedules, demanding interpersonal interactions, and musculoskeletal contortions in the op can leave us empty and worn out. Self-care is an essential part of our lives as clinicians. Our New Year’s goals are often focused on getting ourselves in a healthier place to overcome burnout. Read more. |
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MMWR Weekly - January 5, 2024 |
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Friday, January 05, 2024 11:03 AM |
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Weekly / Vol. 72 / No. 52-53. Read more. |
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New Degree Created in Dental Hygiene with Concentration in Dental Science from NYU Dentistry |
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Friday, January 05, 2024 10:59 AM |
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NYU College of Dentistry is introducing a bachelor of science (BS) in dental hygiene with a new concentration in dental science, preparing students for careers as healthcare providers and providing a pathway for those interested in applying to dental school or other graduate health programs. Read more. |
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MMWR - Second Nationwide Tuberculosis Outbreak Caused by Bone Allografts Containing Live Cells — United States, 2023 |
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Thursday, January 04, 2024 05:34 PM |
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Tuberculosis (TB) outbreaks associated with tissue transplantation are rare; one outbreak involving 113 patients occurred after surgical implantation of contaminated bone allografts in 2021. Read more. |
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Sick with COVID and the flu: Double infections hit hard |
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Thursday, January 04, 2024 10:18 AM |
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California’s hospitals are getting busier with more COVID-19 and flu patients, some of whom are suffering from both viruses at the same time. Read more. |
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Clinicians warn of infection risks tied to med spas |
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Wednesday, January 03, 2024 11:03 AM |
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Lack of oversight and increasing reports of infection are causing physicians to sound alarm bells about risks related to medical spas. Read more. |
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COVID-19 vs Seasonal Influenza: A Comparative Analysis Reveals Alarming Trends |
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Wednesday, January 03, 2024 11:00 AM |
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Results of a study by Yan Xie and colleagues highlight the severe impact of COVID-19, with higher death rates, increased risks of long-term complications, and greater infectivity compared to seasonal influenza. Read more. |
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2023 NIH Research Highlights - Human Health Advances |
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Tuesday, January 02, 2024 04:18 PM |
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With NIH support, scientists across the United States and around the world conduct wide-ranging research to discover ways to enhance health, lengthen life and reduce illness and disability. Groundbreaking NIH-funded research often receives top scientific honors. In 2023, these honors included two NIH-supported scientists who received Nobel Prizes. Here’s just a small sample of the NIH-supported research accomplishments in 2023. Also see this year's Promising Medical Findings and Basic Research Insights. Read more. |
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Sick with COVID and the flu: Double infections hit California hard |
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Tuesday, January 02, 2024 01:18 PM |
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California’s hospitals are getting busier with more COVID-19 and flu patients, some of whom are suffering from both viruses at the same time. Read more. |
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