A coronavirus variant was detected for the first time inside a U.S. prison. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/02/11/world/covid-19-coronavirus/a-coronavirus-variant-was-detected-for-the-first-time-inside-a-us-prison
Mara Buchbinder, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Social Medicine, authored an opinion piece titled, “Society’s End-of-Life Problem,” which was published February 10 on the website of Scientific American.
The Coronavirus Vaccine Presents a Dilemma for Pregnant Women https://www.newyorker.com/science/medical-dispatch/the-coronavirus-vaccine-presents-a-dilemma-for-pregnant-women
Jill A. Fisher, is professor of social medicine in the Center for Bioethics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The novel coronavirus and its devastating effects have starkly exposed U.S. racial and ethnic health disparities. For access to article click here
UNC School of Medicine’s Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein co-wrote an opinion piece on CNN.com with Senator Elizabeth Warren and Kathryn Nowotny, a sociologist at the University of Miami. Brinkley-Rubinstein and Nowotny are co-founders of the COVID Prison Project. For access to article click here
Rebecca Walker, PhD, campus profile in Carolina Alumni Review (pp. 26-27) “Ethics at the Forefront”. https://alumni.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/carolinaalumnireview20201112-dl.pdf
Understanding the Well-Being of LGBTQI+ Populations reviews the available evidence and identifies future research needs related to the well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex populations across the life course. This report focuses on eight domains of well-being; the effects of various laws and the legal system on SGD populations; the effects of various … Read more
NEJM Interview with Dr. Jonathan Oberlander on health reform and the 2020 elections. Jonathan Oberlander is a professor of social medicine and health policy and management at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. https://www.nejm.org/action/showMediaPlayer?doi=10.1056%2FNEJMdo005872&aid=10.1056%2FNEJMp2028380&area=
Can the Elections End the Health Reform Stalemate? https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2028380?query=TOC
Tonia Poteat, Assistant Professor, Department of Social Medicine, talk on “Black Trans Lives Matter: Understanding and Addressing Embodied Inequalities” is now available on the Carolina Population Center YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th04QgkslhE
