The Women’s Health Education Center (WHEC) at UNC Medical Center released a COVID vaccine video in Spanish, which includes information about vaccination and pregnancy/lactation; possible side effects; and recommendations on…
Led by Cleveland Clinic and Mayo Clinic, the campaign “Get the Vaccine to Save Lives,” is designed to reassure the public that vaccines are safe, effective and necessary to achieve…
UNC School of Medicine’s David Peden, MD, is the UNC site principal investigator of the NIH-sponsored study, and Scott Commins, MD, PhD, is co-PI. Participants can now enroll at UNC-Chapel…
A study led by Emily Sickbert-Bennett, PhD, associate professor of infectious diseases at the UNC School of Medicine and director of UNC Medical Center Infection Prevention, and William D. Bennett,…
Covid-19 / Coronavirus, News, Research, School of Medicine, Vital Signs
With the return of pollen in our area, many of us will suffer the effects of seasonal allergies. Allergy symptoms can be similar to the symptoms of COVID-19, and it…
April 16 at 9 am, Wessam Mankoula, MD, Lead of the Africa CDC Emergency Operations Centre, will give a 30-minute presentation followed by brief reports and a panel discussion moderated…
UNC is now a fully active clinical site for the ACTIV-4c Post-Hospital Thrombosis Prevention Study, led at UNC-Chapel Hill by Raj Kasthuri, MBBS, Professor of Medicine. This protocol is part…
Data from a phase 3 clinical trial for REGEN-COV, a combination monoclonal antibody therapy (casirivimab with imdevimab), is part of the NIH-sponsored COVID Prevention Network, co-led by Myron Cohen at…
Rise Above COVID, a nationwide movement, partners with nearly 100 Black-owned barbershops and beauty salons in the Raleigh-Durham area to raise awareness and encourage enrollment in a clinical trial called…
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The “Prevent COVID U” research study, conducted by the COVID-19 Prevention Network through satellite universities around the country, will be launching here at UNC on March 30.
Participating households in Greenville, Pitt County, NC will receive free month-long supplies of rapid tests aimed at reducing community transmission of COVID-19. UNC School of Medicine’s Giselle Corbie-Smith, MD, and…
Loc Culp, MICU Nurse Manager, and Mikey Jernigan, Clinical Nurse IV, explain how life has changed during year 2021 inside the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) at UNC Medical Center.
Dr. Adam Goldstein produced a video to answer common myths and misconceptions about the COVID-19 vaccine, and how people across the state can get vaccinated.
The article explores the clinical epidemiology and basic/translational issues of COVID-19 in patients with liver disease.
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Hear the stories from four different women who explain the importance of Black participants helping to reach medical advances.
Zev Nakamura, MD, Rebekah Nash, MD, PhD, Sarah Laughon, MD, and Donald Rosenstein, MD, published an article in the journal Psychiatry in Primary Care on the neuropsychiatric complications of COVID-19.
Giselle Corbie-Smith, MD, MSc, appeared with other panelists on “On the Record” this past Saturday, March 13th on WRAL.
A study led by Muneera Kapadia, MD, associate professor of surgery in the UNC School of Medicine, is the first to examine the effect of a surgeon’s mask on communication…
Giselle Corbie-Smith, MD, MSc, will appear with other panelists on “On the Record” this Saturday, March 13th at 7:30 PM on WRAL.
To further support communities across the nation who are confronting COVID-19, the RADx-UP Coordination and Data Collection Center (CDCC) is soliciting applications for two kinds of awards.
