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….
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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…
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In honor of Women’s History Month, we asked our healthcare workers how they have been navigating life during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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…
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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…
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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…
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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….
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The compound CMX521 significantly reduced lung viral titer and symptoms in a SARS-CoV-2 mouse model, as reported by biomedical company Chimerix in collaboration with the Rapidly Emerging Antiviral Drug Development…
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David Wohl, MD, provides an overview of two COVID oral therapeutics, Paxlovid and Molnupiravir. We are receiving increasing supplies of these medications and want to ensure all clinicians know when…
Lauren Raff, MD, Adult Associate Trauma Medical Director talks with the News and Observer about the latest wave of COVID-19 and how it has affected seriously-ill COVID-positive patients inside the…
Current therapeutic options and resources to aid appropriate selection.
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Join the UNC Program for Precision Medicine in Health Care (PPMH) for Precision Medicine Approaches to Addressing COVID-19, a free virtual mini-symposium from 1:00-3:00pm on Wednesday February 23, 2022. Presenters…
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The UNC School of Medicine’s Zachary Willis, MD, MPH, co-authored an editorial published in the British Medical Journal in conjunction with new research that shows dramatic reductions in hospital admissions…
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Dirk Dittmer, PhD, explains how UNC-led CORVASEQ program helps to track the spread and development of variants like Omicron in North Carolina.
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The NC Child Hunger Leaders Conference will return for its 11th annual event on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022.
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The Eshelman Institute for Innovation recently opened its pre-proposal application for the 2022 annual grant cycle. The Institute seeks to fund translational research related to therapeutics focused on oncology, infectious…
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The Coronavirus Variant Sequencing (CORVASEQ) Surveillance Program, led by a team of UNC researchers, has detected the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant in North Carolina. Together, members of the program at UNC-Chapel…
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COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective for pregnant people and their developing baby. Hear expert advice from Alexa Mieses Malchuk, MD, about staying protected.
On Wednesday, UNC Health experts David Wohl, and Melissa Miller met with the media to answer questions and offer their expertise regarding what we know so far about the Omicron…
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