U.S. Dentists Pushed to Vaccinate Patients
Historically, health care providers administer routine vaccines in primary care doctors’ offices or retail pharmacies. Over the past decade, several U.S. states authorized licensed dentists to administer vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now public health officials are evaluating proposals to permanently allow dental practices to routinely administer vaccines and provide vaccine education to patients. The […]
Dentists, Optometrists, Podiatrists Can Now Administer COVID-19 Vaccines in the U.S.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced that the agency is amending an emergency declaration under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act) to authorize additional medical professionals to administer experimental COVID-19 vaccines being distributed under an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA).1 2 This announcement was made after President Biden […]