UNC Children’s Enrolling Participants for Paxlovid Pill Study
The Clinical Trials Unit in the UNC Children’s Research Institute is a site for a national study to assess the efficacy of Paxlovid, a pill to treat COVID in children…
Inhalable COVID-19 Vaccine Shows Promise in Rodent Model
Ke Cheng, PhD, in the Joint UNC-NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, in collaboration with colleagues at UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University, led the development of the vaccine prototype from…
Roper Publishes Editorial on Science, Public Health, and Politics
William L. Roper, MD, MPH, former dean of the UNC School of Medicine and CEO of UNC Health, wrote an editorial for the journal Science on “the roles of science…
Covid-19 / Coronavirus, School of Medicine, UNC Health, Vital Signs
Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine Q&A with Dr. Cindy Gay
An independent expert advisory committee recommended 21-0 that the FDA grant emergency use authorization for a fourth COVID-19 vaccine, made by Novavax. Cindy Gay, MD, MPH, discusses the Novavax data,…
Covid-19 / Coronavirus, Infection Prevention, Infectious Diseases, News, Research, School of Medicine, Vital Signs
Pfaff Featured in NIH Director’s Blog
NIH Director’s Blog features a UNC-led study on how a well-trained computer and its artificial intelligence can help identify potential Long COVID patients. The study, led by UNC School of…
Covid-19 / Coronavirus, Research, School of Medicine, Vital Signs
From Dr. Page: Wellness Resources are Available for You
The psychological and moral burden of these last few years can feel overwhelming at times. Please check in with each other and know that wellness resources are available for you…
Covid-19 / Coronavirus, School of Medicine, Vital Signs, Wellness
Miller Featured in News and Observer Article as COVID Testing Expert
Melissa Miller, PhD, director of the Clinical Molecular Microbiology Laboratory at UNC Medical Center, talks with the News and Observer about why an at-home COVID test might give false-negative results…
Covid-19 / Coronavirus, Infectious Diseases, News, School of Medicine, Vital Signs
Scientists Use Machine Learning Models to Help Identify Long COVID Patients
A study published in The Lancet Digital Health led by UNC School of Medicine’s Emily R. Pfaff, PhD, shows how the National COVID Cohort Collaborative used XGBoost machine learning models…
Covid-19 / Coronavirus, Infectious Diseases, News, Research, School of Medicine, Vital Signs
Ting, Baric Elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Jenny Ting, PhD, the William Kenan Distinguished Professor of Genetics, and Ralph Baric, PhD, the William Kenan Distinguished Professor of Epidemiology and Microbiology & Immunology, were elected as members of…
Awards, Rankings and Recognitions, Cancer, Covid-19 / Coronavirus, Immunology And Microbiology, Research, Vital Signs
Three UNC School of Medicine Employees Earn Massey Awards
Amir Barzin, DO, Susan Fiscus, PhD, and Amy James Loftis will be recognized for their contributions to creating and operating the Carolina Together Testing Program at an in-person event honoring…
Announcements, Awards, Rankings and Recognitions, Covid-19 / Coronavirus, Family Medicine, Immunology And Microbiology, School of Medicine, Vital Signs
New Study Examines Parent Hesitancy Toward COVID-19 Vaccines for Children
The study outlines the main drivers of parent hesitancy as perceived safety and efficacy of the vaccines and lower severity of illness in children. Many vaccine-hesitant parents may be open…
Covid-19 / Coronavirus, Pediatrics And Children's Health, Research, Vital Signs
Increase in Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease Mortality Accelerates During COVID-19 Pandemic
UNC’s Sasha Deutsch-Link, MD, a fellow in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, is lead author of a study indicating that alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) mortality increased from 2017-2020 and…
Covid-19 / Coronavirus, Gastrointestinal, News, Research, School of Medicine, Vital Signs
Why Are People with Allergic Asthma Less Susceptible to Severe COVID?
UNC-Chapel Hill scientists led by Camille Ehre, PhD, show how cells packed with SARS-CoV-2 detach from the upper airway and spread deep into lungs where severe COVID can take root….
Covid-19 / Coronavirus, Infectious Diseases, News, Pediatrics And Children's Health, Research
MFMU Trial Finds Association Between SARS‑CoV‑2 Infection and Maternal Mortality or Serious Morbidity
A UNC Maternal-Fetal Medicine Network trial has shown that, among pregnant and postpartum individuals, SARS-CoV-2 infection was associated with increased risk of maternal mortality or serious morbidity from obstetric complications.
Clinical Research, Covid-19 / Coronavirus, Infectious Diseases, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women's Health
According to Providers, Pandemic Provided Challenges, Opportunities for Diabetes Patients
A qualitative study led by UNC School of Medicine student Lily Hale details what primary care providers and endocrine specialty clinicians reported about their patients’ self-management of diabetes during the…
Covid-19 / Coronavirus, Diabetes, News, Research, School of Medicine, Vital Signs
From the Frontlines: UNC Health Teammates Reflect on the COVID-19 Pandemic this Women’s History Month
In honor of Women’s History Month, we asked our healthcare workers how they have been navigating life during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Reflecting on Two Years of COVID-19
Today we are marking the completion of our second full year of living and working through the COVID-19 pandemic. We have shared this experience, but we will remember it in…
Announcements, Covid-19 / Coronavirus, School of Medicine, Vital Signs
Reflexión Sobre Dos Años de COVID-19
Hoy conmemoramos el fin de nuestro segundo año de vivir y trabajar durante la pandemia de COVID-19. Hemos compartido esta experiencia, pero cada uno de nosotros la recordará de manera…
Announcements, Covid-19 / Coronavirus, School of Medicine, Vital Signs
University Masking Guidelines Changing March 7
Masks will no longer be required in most campus spaces but will remain required in all health care settings. Research labs will follow mask requirements that were in place prior…
Announcements, Covid-19 / Coronavirus, School of Medicine, Vital Signs
Distancing Guidelines Reduced in Non-Clinical School of Medicine Spaces
The UNC School of Medicine is reducing its enhanced distancing guidelines in non-clinical spaces, including laboratories, meeting spaces and break room spaces, to align with the University’s COVID-19 Community Standards….
Announcements, Covid-19 / Coronavirus, School of Medicine, Vital Signs
