Apex selected as home for new NC Children’s Health Campus
The campus is expected to bring more than 8,000 jobs to southwestern Wake County
Family Experiences Unexpected Improvements of Personalized Treatment for Batten Disease
The parents of twins Amelia and Makenzie Kahn, who have been battling Batten disease, a rare genetic disorder, for eight years, are now celebrating signs of progress one year into…
Neurology, News, Pediatrics And Children's Health, Research, Vital Signs
Proteins Important in Neural Communication Have Different Roles Than Previously Thought
New knowledge of these protein functions will help researchers develop new drug targets for chronic pain, autism spectrum disorders, epilepsy, migraines, and other neurological conditions.
Genetics And Aging, News, Pediatrics And Children's Health, Research
UNC Researchers Help Marion Family Affected by Rare Mosquito Disease
Five-year-old Granger Horney contracted the La Crosse Virus, a potentially deadly mosquito-borne disease, in July 2024. With blood samples from Granger, researchers at Carolina are working to create better diagnostics…
Clinical Research, Infectious Diseases, News, Pediatrics And Children's Health, Research
Two from UNC Health Named in TBJ Health Care Leadership Awards
UNC Health is proud to announce that two physician-researchers were honored by the Triangle Business Journal as recipients of 2025 Health Care Leadership Awards.
Awards, Rankings and Recognitions, News, Pediatrics And Children's Health
Effective Antibiotic for Maternal Sepsis Saves Healthcare Costs, Study Finds
An international cost-effectiveness study, led by researchers at the UNC School of Medicine and the Kinshasa School of Public Health, has found that an effective antibiotic used to combat maternal…
Global Health, News, Pediatrics And Children's Health, Research, Women's Health
UNC Children’s Announces Grand Opening of Down Syndrome Clinic
New UNC program to support children and adults will officially open on World Down Syndrome Day
Therapy for Perinatal Asphyxia Does Not Benefit Preterm Infants, Study Finds
A national multi-site clinical trial, co-led by researchers at the UNC School of Medicine, has found that therapeutic hypothermia may be harming preterm infants recovering from a specific type of…
Clinical Research, News, Pediatrics And Children's Health, Research
Burks and Keet Publish Editorial on Oral Immunotherapy for High Threshold Peanut Allergy
Wesley Burks, MD, CEO of UNC Health and dean of the UNC School of Medicine, professor of pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Allergy/Immunology, Department of Pediatrics and Corinne A. Keet, MD,…
Press Ganey Recognizes UNC Health in 2024 Human Experience Awards
The Bone Marrow Transplant Clinic at North Carolina Basnight Cancer Hospital won the Pinnacle of Excellence Award. The North Carolina Heart & Vascular Hospital and the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit…
Awards, Rankings and Recognitions, Cancer, Cardiology and Heart Health, News, Oncology, Pediatrics And Children's Health, Vascular Health
