UNC System to potentially transition to self-funded health insurance model
Under a self-funded plan, students would enroll in a health insurance plan facilitated by the UNC System itself, rather than by a third party, Mona ...
Read More »Under a self-funded plan, students would enroll in a health insurance plan facilitated by the UNC System itself, rather than by a third party, Mona ...
Read More »Campus Health Services provides primary health services and wellness care to students. For the 2015-16 school year, undergraduate and graduate students pay $380 yearly in Campus Health fees. Campus Health offers general medicine, counseling, sports medicine and physical therapy, women's health, pharmacy, immunizations and laboratory and X-Ray testing. It also has an acute hours and after hours clinic, allergy services, diabetes care, men’s health services, online health advice, transgender health and an international travel clinic.
The Campus Health website has information about a number of topics, ranging from academic success to alcohol and drug abuse as well as ADD/ADHD and various medical conditions. It has useful tips for relationships, meditation and mindfulness, sexual health, sleep and stress.
Cases of syphilis, a sexually transmitted infection caused by bacteria, are rising in North Carolina. The state saw an overall 23 percent increase in ...
Read More »UNC was recently awarded HEARTSafe accreditation from the National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Foundation (NCEMSF).
Read More »Avery Cook has served as the interim director of UNC Counseling and Psychological Services since 2021, but has now officially been named director. ...
Read More »"Being open and honest about your sexual health is scary. Stigma related to sex and sexual health is deep rooted in our society, and women in particular ...
Read More »Two programs hosted by UNC's Counseling and Psychological Services Multicultural Health Program are hoping to shed light on the increased sexual violence ...
Read More »As colder months draw closer, UNC students add one more concern to their lists: how to deal with becoming sick during busier times, especially in high-capacity ...
Read More »Contraceptives — including condoms, emergency contraception pills and birth control — can lead to safer sex and fewer accidental pregnancies, but ...
Read More »UNC students and community members can now receive the flu and Pfizer COVID-19 bivalent booster shots at several locations on campus. Those with health ...
Read More »"We have to trust our institutions to not just tell us what is best but to actively work toward positive health outcomes, using its resources to protect ...
Read More »MCHP was started by CAPS after recognizing the need for a culturally responsive mental health service for students of color.
Read More »The recent international monkeypox outbreak prompted the federal declaration of a public health emergency. With 138 cases reported to the CDC ...
Read More »UNC announced updated COVID-19 policies for the fall 2022 semester in a campus-wide email Friday. The University will not have any testing requirements ...
Read More »"It's far past time to push calorie monitors so they don't have to be right above food to a place where they are accessible to students who need them ...
Read More »UNC campus recreation centers are offering a new check-in system called MorphoWave that allows students to check into facilities using only their hands. “You ...
Read More »The first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were administered to front-line healthcare workers about a year ago, with no knowledge of when college-aged students ...
Read More »"Infections like STIs are a public health issue, and we need health services to be easily accessible in order for people to actually use them. Campus ...
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