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    Weber Responds to Updated CDC Mask Guidance

    David Weber, MD, MPH CDC Updates Guidance, Recommends Vaccinated People Wear Masks Indoors in Certain Areas To prevent further spread of the Delta variant, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its mask guidance on Tuesday to recommend that fully vaccinated people wear masks indoors when in areas with “substantial” and “high” transmission of Covid-19, which in … Read more

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    NC’s Hospital Admissions Trending Younger During Latest 2-Week Rise in COVID Patient Count

    David Weber, MD, MPH With the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients across the state reaching its highest level in months, the proportions of those in hospitals are skewing younger, a CBS17.com data analysis found. The findings appear to further illustrate the connection between high vaccination rates and low hospitalization rates — and vice versa — among the nine age groups t … Read more

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    Wohl Featured in News and Observer COVID Updates

    David Wohl, MD COVID Vaccine Live Updates: Here’s What to Know in North Carolina On July 24 The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations in North Carolina has nearly doubled since early July and is at its highest since mid-May. State health officials said about 94% of new cases are people who are not vaccinated. Many of them are the delta variant, which spreads more easily. David Wohl … Read more

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    As COVID-19 Cases Surge, Wohl Recognizes the Need to Return to Mask Rules

    David Wohl, MD With COVID-19 cases rising, will mask mandates return to North Carolina? A CBS-17 news report says Los Angeles and several California cities have gone back to mandatory mask wearing. Lawmakers in Arkansas and Missouri are also talking about reimposing the restriction. David Wohl, MD, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, said he believes it’ … Read more

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    COVID-19 Delta Variant Q & A with Drs. Cindy Gay and David Wohl

    David Wohl, MD, and Cindy Gay, MD, MPH Cindy Gay, MD, and David Wohl, MD, are featured in a new video about the COVID-19 Delta variant, vaccine efficacy and mRNA vaccine safety. Dr. Gay is an associate professor in the division of infectious diseases and leads vaccine clinical trials at UNC for the Moderna and Novavax vaccines.  Dr. Wohl is professor of medicine in infectious dis … Read more

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    Wohl Pens Op-Ed to Encourage Vaccination against Delta Variant

    David Wohl, MD Regardless of their rationales, unvaccinated people serve as kindling for the delta fire. David Wohl, MD, professor of infectious diseases, wrote an op-ed titled, “As cases rise, the US is throwing the unvaccinated a lifeline. Take it.” Read his article here.

  • Congratulations, Graduates!

    (L-R) Program coordinator Hunter Davis, Graduates Laura Rachal, Min Kim, Daphne Villanueva, Program Director Michelle Floris-Moore, Graduate Arianne Morrison, and ICHID Director David van Duin at the ID Program Graduation in June 2021. June 30th marked the completion of the ACGME portion of ID fellowship for three ID Fellows, Arianne Morrison, Laura Rachal, and Min Kim; along wit … Read more

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    Wohl Contributed to Recent News Stories About COVID-19 Variants

    David Wohl, MD NC Medical Schools, Health Systems Forming Network to Analyze Delta Variant The latest data shows the Delta variant represents about 13 percent of COVID-19 cases in North Carolina, but that data is about a month old, according to a CBS-17 news report published July 18, 2021. “It is inevitable this is going to be the dominant virus here very, very shortly,” said Dav … Read more

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    Study Compares Mortality Among People Entering HIV Care with General US Population

    Joseph Eron, MD HIV-related mortality has decreased since 1996 due to improving treatments and evolving care guidelines, but the extent to which persons entering HIV care have a higher risk for death over the following years, compared with peers in the general population, has been unclear. Joseph Eron, MD, the Herman and Louise Smith Distinguished Professor of Medicine and chief … Read more

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    Study Finds Bamlanivimab Reduces Risk of COVID in Skilled Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities

    Myron Cohen, MD Myron Cohen, MD, is the lead investigator of a study recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) that shows bamlanivimab monotherapy reduced the incidence of infection in skilled nursing homes and assisted living facilities with high risk of SARS-CoV-2 exposure. The randomized phase 3 clinical trial included 966 residents and staff … Read more