The below clickable headlines link directly to outside media outlets, which featured UNC School of Medicine faculty during the past week, starting Friday April 8, 2022.
6 habits that can damage the heart – Dr. Kevin Campbell (Opera News)
Researchers reveal why people with allergic asthma are protected from severe COVID – Dr. Camille Ehre (The Medical News)
The good and bad news about the current Covid-19 wave – Dr. Arrianna Planey (DNYUZ)
UNC med school students address new emerging public health threat: Climate change – Dr. Yee Lam, Dr. Kenan Penaskovic, Alex Gregor
Study shows important change in B-cells in women with PPD – Dr. Jerry Guintivano (EurekAlert!)
Detailed Overview of Myasthenia Gravis – Dr. James Howard Jr (CheckRare)
Should you get a 2nd COVID booster shot now? UNC expert weighs in – Dr. David Wohl (WNCN)
How can parents talk to their children about mental health issues? [Ask the pediatrician] – Rebecca A. Baum (Reading Eagle)
How this Medicaid extension throws postpartum parents a lifeline – Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody (PBS)
University peer listening program aims to support student mental health – Samantha Luu (The Daily Tar Heel)
‘Everybody wants to be done with the pandemic’: Health experts expect a rise in COVID-19 cases in NC – Dr. David Wohl (WTVD)
Wake County COVID tests spiked over the weekend, UNC doctor shares new warnings – Dr. David Wohl (CBS17)
Omicron variant mild symptoms but highly transmissible and damages lung tissue – Dr. Camille Ehre (Medical Laboratory Observer)
Should you get a 2nd COVID booster shot now? UNC expert weighs in – Dr. David Wohl (WNCT)
How funding cuts for COVID-19 tests and treatments could worsen health disparities – Dr. Giselle Corbie (Side Effects News)
How to Deal with Allergy Season – Dr. Edwin Kim (WPTF)
Microscope Magic – Michelle Itano, Todd Cohen, Jason Stein (UNC Endeavors)
Can Early Allergen Immunotherapy Prevent Future Asthma? – David B. Peden (Medscape)
ThermaMEDx’s EverTears Reviewed by Clinical Professor at UNC School of Medicine – Dr. Karl G. Stonecipher (EIN Presswire)
When food consumes you: Taking eating to extremes – Dr. Cynthia Bulik (knowridge)
Having allergic asthma actually protects people from a severe case of COVID-19 – Dr. Camille Ehre (WCMH-TV)
Meningococcal vaccine shows moderate protective effect against gonorrhea – Dr. Joseph Alex Duncan (MDedge)