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By Mina Hosseinipour, MD, MPH Officials announced the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Malawi on April 2, 2020. At UNC Project Malawi, we’d been working for a month to carefully review and prepare for the virus. We established COVID preventive procedures and clinical management guidelines and planning for staff...

The News & Observer reports that a drug tested at UNC-Chapel Hill could be used to both prevent and treat COVID-19 infections, according to new research published in Nature by senior author J. Victor Garcia, PhD. “This is something that is giving us hope that there might be an alternative...

David Wohl, MD, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, continues to share perspective and guidance with North Carolina media. In February, he contributed to the following news stories about COVID-19. Demographic breakdown remains steady even as hospital numbers decline, figures show –  (CBS-17) UNC doctor debunks several...

UPDATE: This year, as a result of lower programming costs associated with the virtual format, organizers invite UNC faculty and UNC PN clinicians to attend at a reduced rate of $200 for the entire conference, or half of the daily or two-day rate. (Note, reduced rates may not be possible...

Onyinye Iweala, MD, PhD, was featured in a FreeThink article about biotech startup Ukko, which is looking to use CRISPR gene editing — along with computational biology, protein engineering, and immunology techniques — to design foods that are both safe and delicious for those suffering from celiac disease and gluten...

An NPR Blue Ridge Radio reports that a Durham-based life sciences company received promising test results on a new medical device that could become an in-home treatment for the coronavirus. Michael Knowles, MD, the Michael E. Hatcher Distinguished Professor of Medicine in the division of pulmonary diseases and critical care...

The UNC Medical Center Heart Valve Clinic is the first TAVR center in North Carolina to become an American College of Cardiology (ACC) Certified TAVR Center of Excellence. TAVR (transcatheter aortic valve replacement) is a procedure to treat aortic stenosis, a type of heart valve disease, that does not require...

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been recognized as one of the “Best Global Universities for Endocrinology and Metabolism” by U.S. News and World Report. “We are very excited to take this opportunity to celebrate the research strengths in diabetes, nutrition, and obesity across the University,” said...

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been recognized as one of the “Best Global Universities for Gastroenterology and Hepatology” by U.S. News and World Report. UNC GI and Hepatology was ranked 6th in the US and 11th globally. The rankings are based on a number of criteria...

WRAL.com reports the number of coronavirus-related deaths in North Carolina continues to spike, and the state on Thursday surpassed 9,000 deaths during the pandemic. Shannon Carson, MD, professor of medicine and chief of the division of pulmonary diseases and critical care medicine, said virus-related deaths are the final metric to spike...

Medicine’s Value Care Action Group (VCAG) encourages the redesign of patient care that can introduce improvements for high-value outcomes. The newest VCAG project, led by Hanna Sanoff, MD, MPH, focuses on better serving cancer patients who experience symptoms that need to be addressed quickly, but don’t necessarily require a visit...

To all faculty, fellows and residents: It has been quite the year for all of us as we have all adjusted our schedules to accommodate the influx of Covid-19 patients.  Medical students were briefly off clinical duties but thanks to School of Medicine and Department of Medicine leadership, they were...