The below clickable headlines link directly to outside media outlets, which featured UNC School of Medicine faculty during the past week, starting Thursday June 17, 2021.
Hospital workers celebrate zero Covid patients after more than a year fighting on front lines – Dr. Subhashini Sellers (NBC News)
Triangle hospitals see a handful of potential heart inflammation cases in COVID-19 vaccine recipients – Dr. Zachary Willis (CBS 17)
Lagging vaccine rates among young adults helping to keep NC, US from reaching July 4 goal – Dr. David Weber (CBS 17)
Novavax COVID-19 vaccine could benefit US even as vaccinations slow – Dr. David Wohl (CBS 17)
No Strong Evidence Supplements Do Anything for Weight Loss, Large Review Finds – Dr. John Batsis (Gizmodo)
Get Hives for No Reason? What to Know About Idiopathic Urticaria – Dr. Heather Holahan (The Healthy)
BCMA-directed CAR-T shows ‘impressive’ durability for advanced multiple myeloma – Dr. Saad Z. Usmani (Healio)
What to do when a pet bites you? – Dr. Sarah Ruff (WRAL Go Ask Mom)
Efgartigimod as a Treatment for Generalized Myasthenia Gravis – Dr. James Howard (NeurologyLive)
‘I look forward to the day my gender is no longer notable’: UNC Health president on mentorship, health equity – Janet Hadar (Becker’s Hospital Review)
‘I could not have expected this in a million years’: Wake teen to open for Biden during NC visit – Dr. David Wohl
‘My concerns are long-term effects:’ COVID vaccine hesitancy persists among North Carolina youth – Dr. David Weber