Tag: 2021

With a visit from then-President Donald Trump, FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies’ Innovation Center in Morrisville announced it would manufacture components for Novavax’s attempt at producing a COVID-19 vaccine. Eleven months later, clinical trials show it to be more than 90 percent effective. David Wohl, MD, professor of medicine in the division...

June is the nationally recognized month to raise awareness about Alzheimer’s and other dementias that affect memory, and behavior, conditions that affect the majority of people who are 65 and older. It’s also a great time to spotlight Geriatric Medicine and the work our geriatricians are doing in education and...

Corey Ketchem, MD, was awarded the Bondurant-Ehringhaus Award, which recognizes a current second year internal medicine resident or a second or third med-peds resident, and provides a stipend to support the conduct and presentation of ongoing research. The majority of Ketchem’s research has been conducted with Evan Dellon, MD, MPH,...

UNC Medical Center has received the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR “Chest Pain ̶MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award” for 2021, one of only 212 hospitals nationwide to receive the honor. The award recognizes UNC’s commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients, and...

With vaccination rates dropping in North Carolina, medical experts are concerned that not enough people are protected from COVID-19. Currently, North Carolina sits at 54% of adults at least partially vaccinated, below the national average of 63%. David Wohl, MD, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, explained...

David Lynch, MD, and John Batsis, MD, wrote a Doximity op-ed on key takeaways from the American Geriatrics Society 2021 Annual Meeting May 12–15. “The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) 2021 Annual Meeting took place virtually from May 12–15. Joseph Shega, MD, program chair, framed the meeting’s objective in his introduction...

Governor Roy Cooper has instituted a vaccine lottery to help boost vaccination rates in the state. Spectrum News interviewed David Wohl, MD, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, to get his perspective on the effectiveness of the lottery. Watch the Spectrum Interview here.  

With the COVID-19 vaccine rollout slowing down, many people are wondering if they will need to come back to a clinic for a booster shot. In a report from WBTW-News 13, David Wohl, MD, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases responded to questions about the possibility of...

The percentages of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in the state who are Black and Latino remains near pandemic highs, a CBS17.com data analysis found. The overall daily hospitalization totals have plummeted over the past few months to their lowest levels in more than a year. But of those who are being...

The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) recently awarded five research grants to address vaccine hesitancy, uptake, and implementation among populations who experience health disparities. A total of $14.5 million has been committed over five years for these five grants, subject to available funds. Over $3.67 million has...

The government may no longer require North Carolinians to wear masks in public, but putting them on could help prevent thousands of coronavirus cases and deaths by the end of the year, reports the Greensboro News & Record. Research from three state universities have created a computer model that predicts...

WRAL reports another COVID strain could soon become more prevalent in the United States. The Delta variant, first identified in India in October 2020, is now listed as a “Variant of Concern” by the World Health Organization. David Wohl, MD, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, is...