UNC Gillings School to host new CDC center for outbreak forecasting, response
Today, the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health was named one of 13 funded partners working alongside the Centers ...
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New UNC study identifies disparities in testing and treating well water among low-income, BIPOC households in NC
North Carolina leads the nation for most households relying on private wells as a primary source of drinking water, with ...
UNC Gillings School plays lead role in new Lancet Commission on Evidence-Based Implementation in Global Health
June 27, 2023 The Lancet has announced a new Commission on Evidence-Based Implementation in Global Health that aims to improve ...
New UNC study quantifies disparity among minority communities exposed to traffic-related air pollution across the U.S.
Traffic-related air pollution is a pervasive problem across the United States. Vehicle emissions are highest near major roadways with around ...
UNC Charlotte faculty member receives NASA Exobiology grant
For the first time in the University of North Carolina at Charlotte’s nearly 80-year history, a faculty member has won ...
New UNC Chapel Hill study quantifies $562M in financial risk from Hurricane Florence using novel modeling approach that evaluates risk of mortgage default and property abandonment
When Hurricane Florence made landfall on North Carolina’s coast in 2018, it brought record rainfall causing catastrophic flooding and damages ...
UNC researchers tackle the e-cigarette or vaping product use–associated lung injury (EVALI) epidemic
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), roughly 1 in every 20 Americans use electronic ...
UNC researchers find FDA Real Cost ads reduce teen openness to vaping
CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina—A randomized, controlled study with over 1,500 US teen participants from across the nation tested the effectiveness ...
UNC Charlotte-led team invents new anticoagulant platform, offering hope for advances for heart surgery, dialysis, other procedures
While blood clotting is important to prevent blood loss and for our immunity, coagulation also can cause health issues and ...
UNC blood clot expert working with NASA to study blood flow, clot formation in zero gravity
CHAPEL HILL, NC – Are astronauts more likely to develop blood clots during space missions due to zero gravity? That’s ...
UNC Charlotte team developed a universal AI algorithm for in-depth cleaning of single cell genomic data
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina - April 7, 2022 - Just as asking a single person about their health will provide tailored, ...
45th Annual UNC Lineberger Scientific Symposium: The biology of aggressive cancers and tumor-stroma interactions
The University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center’s 45th annual scientific symposium on April 18-19, 2022, will feature 14 ...
Donor gives $25 million to establish UNC Lineberger Center for Triple Negative Breast Cancer
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—An anonymous donor has made a $25 million gift to UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center to establish the ...
UNC partners with SECU Foundation to increase behavioral health care access to children through telepsychiatry
CHAPEL HILL, NC – The COVID-19 pandemic has turned an existing child and adolescent behavioral health crisis into an overwhelming ...
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Groundbreaking mathematical proof: new insights into typhoon dynamics unveiled
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New study will examine irritable bowel syndrome as long COVID symptom
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Null results research now published by major behavioral medicine journal
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Weather researchers explore deep convective clouds in coastal cities
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A better understanding of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome could benefit long COVID patients
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Hairy polymer balls help get genetic blueprints inside T-cells for blood cancer therapy