{"id":48585,"date":"2020-12-02T19:19:54","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T00:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=48585"},"modified":"2023-06-06T18:03:54","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T22:03:54","slug":"covid-vaccine-trial-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/covid-vaccine-trial-update\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID Vaccine Trial Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_44534\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 250px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-44534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/07\/CindyGay-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"CindyGay\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/07\/CindyGay-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/07\/CindyGay.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Cindy Gay, MD, MPH<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Charlotte&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbtv.com\/video\/2020\/12\/01\/covid-vaccine-trial-update\/\">WBTV News<\/a>\u00a0interviewed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/directory\/cynthia-gay-md-mph\/\">Cindy Gay<\/a>, MD, MPH, associate professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, for an update on the COVID vaccine trials. Gay shared her enthusiasm and confidence in the latest data. Watch the interview <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbtv.com\/video\/2020\/12\/01\/covid-vaccine-trial-update\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charlotte&#8217;s WBTV News\u00a0interviewed Cindy Gay, MD, MPH, associate professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, for an update on the COVID vaccine trials. Gay shared her enthusiasm and confidence in the latest data. 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