UNC School of Medicine Coverage

Federal bill opposing diversity efforts in medical schools has strong ties to North Carolina

A new proposal by a North Carolina congressman targeting diversity efforts in medical schools follows a conservative pundit's recent criticism of two North Carolina medical schools.

Laura Leslie, WRAL capitol bureau chief

CDC Director Dr. Mandy Cohen visits Triangle to celebrate 'Match Day' with UNC medical students

Dr. Cohen is in the Triangle to celebrate "Match Day" with students at the UNC School of Medicine and talk with them about the importance of building a strong health workforce.

WRAL staff

Dr. Cohen visits UNC School of Medicine students to speak about importance of strong health workforce

Dr. Mandy Cohen, the CDC Director in Atlanta, is back in the Triangle for Match Day. She'll be talking with students at the UNC School of Medicine.

In the LimeLight: UNC researcher receives Diversity in Science and Excellence award

Nancie M. Archin, assistant professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases at the UNC School of Medicine, was recently awarded the International Society for Antiviral Research Diversity in Science and Excellence award.

NC Republicans take aim at diversity initiatives in universities, state government

Public universities and other parts of state government should be banned from pushing pro-diversity views on state employees and college students, state lawmakers say.

Will Doran, WRAL state government reporter

UNC School of Medicine laboratory building damaged in fire

The UNC School of Medicine's Marsico Hall was badly damaged Wednesday in a fire.

UNC School of Medicine funding for research surges to nearly $624 million

The UNC School of Medicine’s total research funding reached $623.8 million this past fiscal year, from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022, a growth of nearly $39.8 million from fiscal year 2021. The UNC School of Medicine surpassed the $500 million milestone in fiscal year 2019. Here are the details.

UNC scientists find that vaping devices increase risk to immune cells

The FDA has ordered Juul to stop selling their e-cigarette devices. Now, UNC researchers compared the respiratory immune health effects of ecig devices.

UNC Chapel Hill scientists map the entire human gut

UNC scientists sequenced the genes expressed in individual single cells from human digestive tracts to discover new cell-type characteristics.

UNC-Chapel Hill researchers awarded $9.25M to study DNA variance related to disease

Hyejung Won, PhD, is principal investigator of five-year project, part of the NIH’s $185-million Impact of Genomic Variation on Function consortium. UNC’s Karen Mohlke, PhD, and Michael Love, PhD, are co-investigators.

UNC doctor: 'I've never been as concerned as I am right now' about growth of COVID-19 cases

The Centers for Disease Control reports COVID-19 cases in the United States could be as much as 10 times higher than currently reported.

Julian Grace, WRAL anchor/reporter

UNC doctor worries about real number of COVID-19 cases

WRAL's Julian Grace spoke with Dr. David Wohl with the UNC School of Medicine to get his insight on the CDC's report about possible spikes in COVID-19 cases, especially in NC.

CRISTY PAGE: Celebrating the UNC School of Medicine class of 2020

Monday, May 4, 2020 -- While their training has been upended by COVID-19, our UNC School of Medicine students have not sat idly by. They have found ways to put their skills and talents to use, volunteering in our hospitals, staffing patient help-lines, working in partnership with fellow UNC and N.C. State students on 3-D printing and fabricating face shields to be used in the hospital, and even providing necessary childcare for the families of faculty and residents.

DR. WESLEY BURKS: Care givers face 'dire' need for personal protective gear

Monday, March 23, 2020 -- The risk in caring for patients with COVID-19 for our health care co-workers is thought to be acceptable, but only with adequate personal protective equipment. We will be good with supplies of personal protective equipment for the next couple of weeks. But as the pandemic continues, we and others will try to extend our personal protective equipment supplies by reusing them and many other novel ways to extend usage by making new ones with homemade supplies. We would never send our troops into action with homemade guns or other artillery. We are being told as a last resort to use bandannas; we would never send our troops to battle with a BB gun.

COVID-19 & N.C.: Three messages from Tar Heel health experts

Monday March 23, 2019 -- What can we do to protect ourselves amid the COVID-19 outbreak? What risks do our health professionals face? What's being done in rural communities? Here are three perspectives from the state's top health professional and policy leaders -- six former N.C. health directors; deans of the University of North Carolina and East Carolina medical schools and; the leader of a the major health care provider in rural N.C.

5 On Your Side explains why health officials want you to stop buying face masks

Across the world, people are seen wearing masks, hoping to protect themselves from the coronavirus. In the United States, the message is coming loud and clear: Stop buying them.

Monica Laliberte, WRAL executive producer/consumer reporter

Leave face masks for people who need them, health experts say

Across the world, people are seen wearing masks, hoping to protect themselves from the coronavirus. In the United States, the message is coming loud and clear: Stop buying them.

Self-Compassion Lessons: Why teens, more than ever, need to learn to be kind - to themselves

Karen Bluth, an assistant professor and research at UNC-Chapel Hill, says simple steps teens can take to show themselves compassion can be eye opening.

Sarah Lindenfeld Hall, Go Ask Mom editor