The recommendation is due to severe blood clots reported in six people who received the J&J vaccine. Over 6.8 million doses of the J&J vaccine have been distributed nationwide.
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The University will be one of 27 study sites across the nation part of Prevent COVID U — a study that will be offering the Moderna vaccine to over 12,000 college students nationwide. The program hopes to test the transmission rate of COVID-19 among vaccinated individuals with Moderna vaccine. Over 600 UNC students will be part of the study, which will take place over four months.
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When COVID-19 was discovered, science had a lot of catching up to do. Here are just a few of the on-campus labs that have been leading the charge in COVID-19 research.
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The vaccination site is currently utilizing an independent Twitter account to notify the Chapel Hill community of excess doses. From Twitter, residents are instructed to call the surplus line, a dedicated phone number used for gathering patient names. The phone line operates on a first-come, first-serve basis, and callers who get through are placed on the vaccine list.
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All adults in North Carolina will be eligible to be vaccinated soon following a new timeline announced by Gov. Roy Cooper on March 25. The new timeline allows the second part of Group 4, other essential workers and people in group living settings to become eligible for the vaccine March 31, one week earlier than anticipated.
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On Friday morning, about one hundred students returned to Frank Porter Graham Elementary School to finish out their first week of in-person instruction in a year. The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education voted in early March to offer in-person instruction to all students beginning March 22. Frank Porter Graham Elementary Principal Karen Galassi-Ferrer said it has been important to think creatively about safety measures, like holding lunch and breakfast outside or placing colorful tape on the ground for students to follow for social distancing.
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The outbreak of COVID-19 has fostered a new sense of urgency for health care researchers at UNC as the medical community continues to fight the virus.
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The University's COVID-19 vaccination clinic will open Mar. 31 for student vaccinations. Campus Health was approved by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services as a vaccine provider and received a 2,000 dose allocation for the week to be distributed to students.
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The University has 2,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to allocate to students living in any congregate living settings — including residence halls, fraternity and sorority housing and other off-campus congregate housing.
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The Orange County Schools Board of Education voted to allow all elementary schools to open fully in person under Plan A. Middle and high schools will not fully open until next fall.
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Although rural counties have a lower population density than urban ones, they still faced periods of critical community spread. From September through November, nearly twice as many new cases were reported in rural counties than urban and suburban ones, according to the NCDHHS.
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Students should take advantage of the resources soon to be on campus, and get vaccinated as soon as they can.
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COVID-19 restrictions in North Carolina will once again be eased starting Friday, March 26 at 5 p.m., Gov. Roy Cooper announced at a Tuesday news briefing.
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The following list explores vaccination options in the Triangle areas, with notes on what vaccines are being offered, how appointments are made, how vaccines are administered and what locations and transportation services are available.
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In many cases, COVID-19 affects patients beyond just the two week period that most people test positive. But through UNC’s new COVID Recovery Clinic, doctors are aiming to address this phenomenon.
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