The below clickable headlines link directly to outside media outlets, which featured UNC School of Medicine faculty during the past week, starting Friday December 17, 2021.
Addressing Taboo Topics: Infertility, Its Stigma, and Seeking Support – Dr. Genevieve Neal-Perry (Chapelboro)
Searching for a better treatment for eating disorders – Dr. Cynthia Bulik (Periódico Página100)
1 in 3 Midlife Women Have Some Type of Urinary Incontinence, New Study Finds – Dr. Jennifer Wu (Everyday Health)
Radiologists say time has come for institutions to take action against burnout: 5 tips – Vrushab Gowda (Health Imaging)
Duke, NIH study shows Moderna booster shot provides 50 times greater protection against omicron – Dr. Dirk Dittmer (WRAL)
This New Drug Discovery Tool Can Screen More Than 11 Billion Compounds – Dr. Bryan L. Roth (Wonderful Engineering)
A New Stem Cell Treatment for Type 1 Diabetes Shows Early Promise in 1 Patient – Dr. John Buse (Everyday Health)
A parent’s guide to treating cold, flu and COVID-19 – Cheryl Lynn Jackson (WRAL)
Aerosols Can Travel 10 up to 10 Metres: Here’s Why Double Masking Can Keep Covid at Bay – Phillip Clapp (News18)
With Omicron surge looming, UNC program helps ease overcrowding with at-home treatment option – Dr. Meera Udayakumar (WTVD)
Arkansas’ low vaccination rate setting up omicron surge, experts say – Dr. David Wohl (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)
Should the definition of ‘fully vaccinated’ against COVID be changed to mean 3 shots instead of 2? – Dr. Peyton Thompson (WNCN)
Girl with Milk Allergy Dies of Severe Reaction Related to Desensitization – Dr. Corinne Keet (Allergic Living Magazine)
An open conversation about avalanche awareness – Dr. Sharon Cooper (Jackson Hole News&Guide)
Omicron Has Arrived. Many Prisons and Jails Are Not Ready. – Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein (The Marshall Project)
Some COVID-19 treatments will still work, others won’t as omicron becomes dominant variant – Dr. David Wohl (CBS17)
Fact check: How realistic is Cohen’s projection of 10,000 new COVID cases per day at omicron peak? – Dr. David Weber (CBS17)
Post-Overdose Response Team to begin administering addiction medication on-site – Dr. Shuchin Shukla (WLOS-TV)
Do fully vaccinated need COVID test if exposed or sick? What to know as omicron spreads – Dr. David Wohl (The Telegraph)
What to do if you test positive for COVID-19 – Dr. Alexa Mieses Malchuk (CBS17)
Omicron may be different, but many facts on the ground remain the same – Dr. Dirk Dittmer (WTVD)
Is herd immunity to COVID-19 impossible? – Dr. David Wohl (WRAL)
Lisa A. Carey, MD, on HR-Positive and HER2-Negative Advanced Breast Cancer: Overall Survival by Subtype Across Three MONALEESA Studies – Dr. Lisa A. Carey (The Asco Post)
High GI spending reveals research, public health need – Dr. Anne F. Peery (MDedge)
New Approaches to Hemophilia Treatment: ‘Our Cup Runneth Over’ – Dr. Alice Ma (Medscape)
Top 10 science videos of 2021 according to Cosmos – Dr. Klaus Hahn (Cosmos Magazine)
Long lines at Wake County COVID testing sites as the Christmas holiday nears – Dr. David Wohl (The News & Observer)
Local universities prepare ahead of expected Omicron surge – Dr. David Wohl (WRAL)
Tracking COVID variants: UNC researchers explain how in new video – Dr. Dirk Dittmer (WRAL Tech Wire)
Do fully vaccinated need COVID test if exposed or sick? What to know as omicron spreads – Dr. David Wohl (Merced Sun-Star)
Clinical Challenges: Using MRD in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Management – Dr. Catherine Coombs (MedPage Today)