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The below clickable headlines link directly to outside media outlets, which featured UNC School of Medicine faculty during the past week, starting Friday October 8, 2021.


‘I don’t do interviews’: NC lawmaker declines to discuss email full of false COVID claims – Dr. Alexa Mieses Malchuk (CBS17.com)

Dupilumab safe, efficacious in EoE – Dr. Evan S. Dellon (Healio)

SECU Foundation Helps Advance UNC Health Foundation Pilot for NC Public School Students – Dr. Wesley Burks (Associated Press)

Extreme burping and farting could be a sign of depression, research says – Dr. Olafur Palsson (PressFrom)

12 hours in a 24/7 crisis: How an ER nurse feels COVID’s looming presence even in its absence – Erica Jones South (News&Observer)

Young children could get a COVID-19 vaccine soon. Here’s what you need to know – Dr. David Wohl (News&Observer)

The delta surge is waning in NC. Why? And what happens next? – Dr. David Wohl (News&Observer)

Despite Proper Cleaning, Endoscopes May Pass on E. coli – Dr. David Weber (MedicineNet)

‘I don’t do interviews’: NC lawmaker declines to discuss email full of false COVID claims – Dr. Alexa Mieses Malchuk (WNCT-TV)

Pioneering Hispanic health study keeps uncovering trove of info – Krista M. Perreira (American Heart Association)

InflaRx to Proceed with Pivotal Development for Vilobelimab in Hidradenitis Suppurativa with New Primary Endpoint – Dr. Christopher Sayed (Market Wire News)

Merck aims to double supply of Covid-19 antiviral pill on rising demand – Ronald Swanstrom (Trend Fool)

UNC-CH’s wellness day the beginning of broader focus on mental health, expert says – Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody (CBS17)

What you need to know about COVID-19 shots for young children – Dr. David Wohl (Bangor Daily News)

Efficacy of Pirtobrutinib in CLL/SLL – Dr. Catherine Callaghan Coombs (Targeted Oncology)

Why did UNC-Chapel Hill cancel classes on Tuesday? – Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody (The U.S. Sun)

Already low prison vaccinations plateau through the summer – Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein (WRVO FM)

Businesses seek to support employees struggling with depression, anxiety – Lynne Fiscus (NC Health News)

Ask the experts: Will your family attend the NC State Fair? Go inside the exhibit halls? – Dr. David Alain Wohl, Dr. Anita Skariah, Dr. Amir Barzin (News&Observer)

Gel enhances CAR-T immunotherapy benefits in brains surgically treated for glioblastoma – Dr. Gianpietro Dotti (Oncology News Australia)

‘Very sullen, grave couple of days:’ UNC students spend ‘Wellness Day’ checking in on each other – Dr. Amy Ursano (WTVD)

UNC-Chapel Hill pauses for day to address ‘mental health crisis’ – Dr. Amy Ursano (WRAL)

UNC-CH’s wellness day the beginning of broader focus on mental health, expert says – Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody (WNCT)

FDA to debate Moderna, Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine boosters this week – Dr. David Weber (WNCN)

Lirentelimab safe, effective in long-term gastritis, duodenitis treatment – Dr. Evan S. Dellon (Healio)

Wolter Earns Young Investigator Award – Dr. Justin Wolter (Mirage News)

UNC partners with SECU Foundation to increase behavioral health care access to children through telepsychiatry – Dr. Nate Sowa, Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody (EurekAlert!)