{"id":57820,"date":"2021-12-31T22:06:02","date_gmt":"2022-01-01T03:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=57820"},"modified":"2023-06-06T18:17:48","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T22:17:48","slug":"nc-shatters-record-high-covid-19-daily-positivity-rate-tweens-have-the-highest-case-rate-a-new-drug-to-prevent-covid-and-what-to-know-as-omicron-spreads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/nc-shatters-record-high-covid-19-daily-positivity-rate-tweens-have-the-highest-case-rate-a-new-drug-to-prevent-covid-and-what-to-know-as-omicron-spreads\/","title":{"rendered":"NC Shatters Record High COVID-19 Daily Positivity Rate, Tweens Have the Highest Case Rate, a New Drug to Prevent COVID, and What to Know As Omicron Spreads"},"content":{"rendered":"

Faculty from the division of infectious diseases were featured in the following COVID news stories the week of December 24 \u2013 December 30.<\/em><\/p>\n

\n
\"Myron
Myron Cohen, MD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

NC shatters record high COVID-19 daily positivity rate in first metric update since holiday weekend<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Dr. David Wohl (ABC11)<\/p>\n

Tweens, 10-14, have highest COVID case rate in the state<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Dr. David Wohl (WRAL)<\/p>\n

It took a major effort to deliver the COVID vaccine. These people in NC did their part<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Dr. David Wohl (The News & Observer)<\/p>\n

Do fully vaccinated need COVID test if exposed or sick? What to know as omicron spreads<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Dr. David Wohl (The Kansas City Star)<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a new drug to prevent Covid-19, but there won\u2019t be nearly enough for Americans who are eligible<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Dr. Myron Cohen (CNN.com International)<\/p>\n

\"weber-newsworthy-dec-24-dec-30\"
David Weber, MD, MPH<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

COVID-19 testing sites in the Triangle seeing rapid usage, long wait times as omicron spreads<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Dr. David Weber (CBS17)<\/p>\n

COVID-19 cases, percent positive surge in NC, but which metrics mean the most right now?<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Dr. David Wohl (WNCN)<\/p>\n

1 in 5: NC\u2019s rate of positive COVID-19 cases among tested highest since pandemic began<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Dr. David Wohl (WRAL)<\/p>\n

How some Raleigh bars, nightlife venues are striving to keep customers safe during New Year\u2019s celebrations<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Dr. David Wohl (CBS17)<\/p>\n

New COVID cases soar in U.S.<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Dr. David Wohl (News & Record)<\/p>\n

\"david-wohl-newsworthy-week-of-dec-24-30\"
David Wohl, MD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Even though CDC revised omicron prevalence estimate, experts say omicron will eventually explode<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Dr. Dirk Dittmer, Dr. David Wohl (CBS17)<\/p>\n

Can you trust a negative COVID-19 test?<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Dr. David Weber (WRAL)<\/p>\n

Questions Remain About Who Will Get Monoclonal Antibodies for COVID-19 Preexposure Prophylaxis<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Dr. Myron Cohen (JAMA Network)<\/p>\n

53 more McDowell residents test positive for COVID-19 since Monday. Health district returns to daily reports.<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Dr. David Wohl (McDowell News)<\/p>\n

NC COVID-19 case count tops 9,000 for first time since January<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Dr. David Wohl (WSOC TV)<\/p>\n

6 people are testing positive for COVID-19 each minute in NC, WRAL analysis shows<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Dr. David Wohl (WRAL)<\/p>\n

Same-day appointments appear to be booked at all 5 of Wake\u2019s COVID-19 testing sites as state adds new clinics<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Dr. David Wohl (WRAL)<\/p>\n

Increasing metrics, fewer treatments: Hospitals facing unique challenges from Omicron<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Dr. Myron Cohen (WTVD)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Faculty from the division of infectious diseases were featured in the following COVID news stories the week of December 24 \u2013 December 30. NC shatters record high COVID-19 daily positivity rate in first metric update since holiday weekend\u00a0\u2013 Dr. David Wohl (ABC11) Tweens, 10-14, have highest COVID case rate in the state\u00a0\u2013 Dr. David Wohl … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69419,"featured_media":30879,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[100,2],"tags":[631],"class_list":["post-57820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-infectious-diseases","category-news","tag-631","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nNC Shatters Record High COVID-19 Daily Positivity Rate, Tweens Have the Highest Case Rate, a New Drug to Prevent COVID, and What to Know As Omicron Spreads | Department of Medicine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/nc-shatters-record-high-covid-19-daily-positivity-rate-tweens-have-the-highest-case-rate-a-new-drug-to-prevent-covid-and-what-to-know-as-omicron-spreads\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NC Shatters Record High COVID-19 Daily Positivity Rate, Tweens Have the Highest Case Rate, a New Drug to Prevent COVID, and What to Know As Omicron Spreads | Department of Medicine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Faculty from the division of infectious diseases were featured in the following COVID news stories the week of December 24 \u2013 December 30. NC shatters record high COVID-19 daily positivity rate in first metric update since holiday weekend\u00a0\u2013 Dr. David Wohl (ABC11) Tweens, 10-14, have highest COVID case rate in the state\u00a0\u2013 Dr. David Wohl … Read more\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/nc-shatters-record-high-covid-19-daily-positivity-rate-tweens-have-the-highest-case-rate-a-new-drug-to-prevent-covid-and-what-to-know-as-omicron-spreads\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Department of Medicine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UNCDeptMedicine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-01-01T03:06:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-06-06T22:17:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/04\/MikeCohenNAMheadshotsJCL201-scaled-e1642130048312.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1523\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1708\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kim Morris\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@uncdeptmedicine\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@uncdeptmedicine\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kim Morris\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/nc-shatters-record-high-covid-19-daily-positivity-rate-tweens-have-the-highest-case-rate-a-new-drug-to-prevent-covid-and-what-to-know-as-omicron-spreads\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/nc-shatters-record-high-covid-19-daily-positivity-rate-tweens-have-the-highest-case-rate-a-new-drug-to-prevent-covid-and-what-to-know-as-omicron-spreads\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Kim Morris\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/#\/schema\/person\/9a358414a53d5237f9ba3f8daa55c529\"},\"headline\":\"NC Shatters Record High COVID-19 Daily Positivity Rate, Tweens Have the Highest Case Rate, a New Drug to Prevent COVID, and What to Know As Omicron Spreads\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-01T03:06:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-06T22:17:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/nc-shatters-record-high-covid-19-daily-positivity-rate-tweens-have-the-highest-case-rate-a-new-drug-to-prevent-covid-and-what-to-know-as-omicron-spreads\/\"},\"wordCount\":412,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/nc-shatters-record-high-covid-19-daily-positivity-rate-tweens-have-the-highest-case-rate-a-new-drug-to-prevent-covid-and-what-to-know-as-omicron-spreads\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/04\/MikeCohenNAMheadshotsJCL201-scaled-e1642130048312.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2022\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Infectious Diseases\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/nc-shatters-record-high-covid-19-daily-positivity-rate-tweens-have-the-highest-case-rate-a-new-drug-to-prevent-covid-and-what-to-know-as-omicron-spreads\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/nc-shatters-record-high-covid-19-daily-positivity-rate-tweens-have-the-highest-case-rate-a-new-drug-to-prevent-covid-and-what-to-know-as-omicron-spreads\/\",\"name\":\"NC Shatters Record High COVID-19 Daily Positivity Rate, Tweens Have the Highest Case Rate, a New Drug to Prevent COVID, and What to Know As Omicron Spreads | Department of Medicine\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/nc-shatters-record-high-covid-19-daily-positivity-rate-tweens-have-the-highest-case-rate-a-new-drug-to-prevent-covid-and-what-to-know-as-omicron-spreads\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/nc-shatters-record-high-covid-19-daily-positivity-rate-tweens-have-the-highest-case-rate-a-new-drug-to-prevent-covid-and-what-to-know-as-omicron-spreads\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/04\/MikeCohenNAMheadshotsJCL201-scaled-e1642130048312.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-01T03:06:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-06T22:17:48+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/#\/schema\/person\/9a358414a53d5237f9ba3f8daa55c529\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/nc-shatters-record-high-covid-19-daily-positivity-rate-tweens-have-the-highest-case-rate-a-new-drug-to-prevent-covid-and-what-to-know-as-omicron-spreads\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/nc-shatters-record-high-covid-19-daily-positivity-rate-tweens-have-the-highest-case-rate-a-new-drug-to-prevent-covid-and-what-to-know-as-omicron-spreads\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/nc-shatters-record-high-covid-19-daily-positivity-rate-tweens-have-the-highest-case-rate-a-new-drug-to-prevent-covid-and-what-to-know-as-omicron-spreads\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/04\/MikeCohenNAMheadshotsJCL201-scaled-e1642130048312.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/04\/MikeCohenNAMheadshotsJCL201-scaled-e1642130048312.jpg\",\"width\":1523,\"height\":1708,\"caption\":\"Myron Cohen, MD\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/nc-shatters-record-high-covid-19-daily-positivity-rate-tweens-have-the-highest-case-rate-a-new-drug-to-prevent-covid-and-what-to-know-as-omicron-spreads\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"NC Shatters Record High COVID-19 Daily Positivity Rate, Tweens Have the Highest Case Rate, a New Drug to Prevent COVID, and What to Know As Omicron Spreads\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/\",\"name\":\"Department of Medicine\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/#\/schema\/person\/9a358414a53d5237f9ba3f8daa55c529\",\"name\":\"Kim Morris\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/95c34b3e4d55a602b94260bccc6350c2ddfdde901530a734fe6c8fa9e3a5d399?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/95c34b3e4d55a602b94260bccc6350c2ddfdde901530a734fe6c8fa9e3a5d399?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Kim Morris\"},\"description\":\"Medicine - Dept of\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/author\/kcmorris\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"NC Shatters Record High COVID-19 Daily Positivity Rate, Tweens Have the Highest Case Rate, a New Drug to Prevent COVID, and What to Know As Omicron Spreads | Department of Medicine","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/nc-shatters-record-high-covid-19-daily-positivity-rate-tweens-have-the-highest-case-rate-a-new-drug-to-prevent-covid-and-what-to-know-as-omicron-spreads\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"NC Shatters Record High COVID-19 Daily Positivity Rate, Tweens Have the Highest Case Rate, a New Drug to Prevent COVID, and What to Know As Omicron Spreads | Department of Medicine","og_description":"Faculty from the division of infectious diseases were featured in the following COVID news stories the week of December 24 \u2013 December 30. NC shatters record high COVID-19 daily positivity rate in first metric update since holiday weekend\u00a0\u2013 Dr. David Wohl (ABC11) Tweens, 10-14, have highest COVID case rate in the state\u00a0\u2013 Dr. David Wohl … Read more","og_url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/nc-shatters-record-high-covid-19-daily-positivity-rate-tweens-have-the-highest-case-rate-a-new-drug-to-prevent-covid-and-what-to-know-as-omicron-spreads\/","og_site_name":"Department of Medicine","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UNCDeptMedicine","article_published_time":"2022-01-01T03:06:02+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-06-06T22:17:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1523,"height":1708,"url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/04\/MikeCohenNAMheadshotsJCL201-scaled-e1642130048312.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Kim Morris","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@uncdeptmedicine","twitter_site":"@uncdeptmedicine","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kim Morris","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/nc-shatters-record-high-covid-19-daily-positivity-rate-tweens-have-the-highest-case-rate-a-new-drug-to-prevent-covid-and-what-to-know-as-omicron-spreads\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/nc-shatters-record-high-covid-19-daily-positivity-rate-tweens-have-the-highest-case-rate-a-new-drug-to-prevent-covid-and-what-to-know-as-omicron-spreads\/"},"author":{"name":"Kim Morris","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/#\/schema\/person\/9a358414a53d5237f9ba3f8daa55c529"},"headline":"NC Shatters Record High COVID-19 Daily Positivity Rate, Tweens Have the Highest Case Rate, a New Drug to Prevent COVID, and What to Know As Omicron Spreads","datePublished":"2022-01-01T03:06:02+00:00","dateModified":"2023-06-06T22:17:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/nc-shatters-record-high-covid-19-daily-positivity-rate-tweens-have-the-highest-case-rate-a-new-drug-to-prevent-covid-and-what-to-know-as-omicron-spreads\/"},"wordCount":412,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/nc-shatters-record-high-covid-19-daily-positivity-rate-tweens-have-the-highest-case-rate-a-new-drug-to-prevent-covid-and-what-to-know-as-omicron-spreads\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/04\/MikeCohenNAMheadshotsJCL201-scaled-e1642130048312.jpg","keywords":["2022"],"articleSection":["Infectious Diseases","News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/nc-shatters-record-high-covid-19-daily-positivity-rate-tweens-have-the-highest-case-rate-a-new-drug-to-prevent-covid-and-what-to-know-as-omicron-spreads\/","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/nc-shatters-record-high-covid-19-daily-positivity-rate-tweens-have-the-highest-case-rate-a-new-drug-to-prevent-covid-and-what-to-know-as-omicron-spreads\/","name":"NC Shatters Record High COVID-19 Daily Positivity Rate, Tweens Have the Highest Case Rate, a New Drug to Prevent COVID, and What to Know As Omicron Spreads | Department of Medicine","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/nc-shatters-record-high-covid-19-daily-positivity-rate-tweens-have-the-highest-case-rate-a-new-drug-to-prevent-covid-and-what-to-know-as-omicron-spreads\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/nc-shatters-record-high-covid-19-daily-positivity-rate-tweens-have-the-highest-case-rate-a-new-drug-to-prevent-covid-and-what-to-know-as-omicron-spreads\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/04\/MikeCohenNAMheadshotsJCL201-scaled-e1642130048312.jpg","datePublished":"2022-01-01T03:06:02+00:00","dateModified":"2023-06-06T22:17:48+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/#\/schema\/person\/9a358414a53d5237f9ba3f8daa55c529"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/nc-shatters-record-high-covid-19-daily-positivity-rate-tweens-have-the-highest-case-rate-a-new-drug-to-prevent-covid-and-what-to-know-as-omicron-spreads\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/nc-shatters-record-high-covid-19-daily-positivity-rate-tweens-have-the-highest-case-rate-a-new-drug-to-prevent-covid-and-what-to-know-as-omicron-spreads\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/nc-shatters-record-high-covid-19-daily-positivity-rate-tweens-have-the-highest-case-rate-a-new-drug-to-prevent-covid-and-what-to-know-as-omicron-spreads\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/04\/MikeCohenNAMheadshotsJCL201-scaled-e1642130048312.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/04\/MikeCohenNAMheadshotsJCL201-scaled-e1642130048312.jpg","width":1523,"height":1708,"caption":"Myron Cohen, MD"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/nc-shatters-record-high-covid-19-daily-positivity-rate-tweens-have-the-highest-case-rate-a-new-drug-to-prevent-covid-and-what-to-know-as-omicron-spreads\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"NC Shatters Record High COVID-19 Daily Positivity Rate, Tweens Have the Highest Case Rate, a New Drug to Prevent COVID, and What to Know As Omicron Spreads"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/","name":"Department of Medicine","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/#\/schema\/person\/9a358414a53d5237f9ba3f8daa55c529","name":"Kim Morris","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/95c34b3e4d55a602b94260bccc6350c2ddfdde901530a734fe6c8fa9e3a5d399?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/95c34b3e4d55a602b94260bccc6350c2ddfdde901530a734fe6c8fa9e3a5d399?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Kim Morris"},"description":"Medicine - Dept of","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/author\/kcmorris\/"}]}},"featured_image":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/04\/MikeCohenNAMheadshotsJCL201-scaled-e1642130048312.jpg","featured_image_medium":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/04\/MikeCohenNAMheadshotsJCL201-scaled-e1642130048312-268x300.jpg","featured_image_medium_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/04\/MikeCohenNAMheadshotsJCL201-scaled-e1642130048312-768x861.jpg","featured_image_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/04\/MikeCohenNAMheadshotsJCL201-scaled-e1642130048312-913x1024.jpg","featured_image_thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/04\/MikeCohenNAMheadshotsJCL201-scaled-e1642130048312-150x150.jpg","featured_image_alt":"Myron Cohen, MD-ID-faculty-in-covid-news-dec-24-30","category_details":[{"name":"Infectious Diseases","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/category\/infectious-diseases\/"},{"name":"News","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/category\/news\/"}],"tag_details":[{"name":"2022","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/tag\/2022\/"}],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}