The outbreak of Covid-19 presented many dangers for children, and a new study suggests increased illicit substance ingestions were among them. Lead study author Brittany Raffa, MD, clinical instructor in…
Covid-19 / Coronavirus, News, Pediatrics And Children's Health
David Wohl, MD, and Billy Fischer, MD, published an op-ed in the News & Observer, The Charlotte Observer, and McClatchy subsidiaries on their work trying to gain a better understanding…
NIH-supported studies, including one from UNC School of Medicine’s Emily Pfaff, PhD, co-first author of the study, Coding long COVID: characterizing a new disease through an ICD-10 lens, show variations…
This research in an infant model was led by researchers from the UNC School of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine and University of California, Davis. Kristina De Paris, PhD, professor in…
A new North Carolina study called VISION is now underway to answer some of the biggest questions about COVID-19. Led by William Fischer, MD, principal investigator, and David Wohl, MD,…
Clinical Research, Covid-19 / Coronavirus, Infectious Diseases, News, North Carolina, Research
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…
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…
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
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
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
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…
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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…
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
In honor of Women’s History Month, we asked our healthcare workers how they have been navigating life during the COVID-19 pandemic.
