UNC health experts share their thoughts regarding how long most UNC students will have to wait before being eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Vaccine distribution in North Carolina has been complicated by logistical hurdles and limited supplies. Here's what you need to know about statewide and local vaccination rollout.
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Dr. Amir Barzin, the medical director at the Family Medicine Center at Chapel Hill, said an error on the HallPass website may have caused the influx of students at two of UNC’s testing sites on Tuesday.
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On this special episode for the first day of UNC classes, host Evely Forte chats with University Desk reporters Heidi Perez-Moreno and Rachel Crumpler about what re-entry for students will look like this spring semester. They also talk about the University’s new COVID-testing program and technology being used for its implementation. Sports editor Jared McMasters previews the spring season for UNC sports teams.
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The University's Jan. 7 announcement that in-person classes would be delayed until Feb. 8 was a relief to some, but an indicator of potential risks to others. Faculty members share their concerns with the delay and the potential for resuming some in-person classes later this semester.
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A distinct change from the fall to spring semester is the implementation of widespread COVID-19 testing. Asymptomatic testing will be offered at three locations across campus. The testing centers will use anterior nares PCR based tests — a noninvasive nasal swab. Frequency of testing varies for campus members.
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N.C. farmworkers who come from Mexico to North Carolina on H-2A visas face a high vulnerability to COVID-19 due to living in migrant farmworker camps. In November, they had to face the possibility of a wage freeze.
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There's a lot of uncertainty and questions about the COVID-19 vaccination process in North Carolina. If you have questions about the COVID-19 vaccine, or an experience regarding the vaccine you would like to share, we want to know.
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Due to rising COVID-19 concerns from teachers and residents, the board voted by a narrow margin to delay the return of grades two through 12 until March.
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A cluster of COVID-19 cases has been confirmed on UNC's campus in Carmichael Residence Hall.
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“Once we have our students on our campus, I think it’s going to be very difficult to send them home,” Provost Bob Blouin said. “For all of the reasons, not just because of the chaos we experienced where we sent students back rather suddenly, I think we could do that much more gracefully in the spring if we were forced to do that.”
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With the spring semester approaching, Carolina Housing expanded its isolation dorms to include Craige and Horton. Now, both students who are exposed and have a positive test will be housed in the same buildings.
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North Carolina's modified stay-at-home order includes a number of new measures to help minimize the spread of COVID-19.
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"I'll also add that this robust testing program was something that we heard loud and clear early in this fall semester that many of our community members wished had been in place, and so we put forth I think a strong effort to be sure that we could build a robust testing program," Guskiewicz said.
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A COVID--19 vaccine could be coming to North Carolina by mid-December. Here's what you need to know.
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“I think it’s inevitable that you’re going to have some (COVID-19 cases), and you've got to learn from them,” UNC football head coach Mack Brown said in July. “All of us will be more cautious now, in my opinion, than we were before.”
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The OC Voice is a portion of the OC Report newsletter where local residents may have a platform to talk about local issues they care about. Alana Gilbert is a graduate student at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.
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On this special episode for the last day of UNC classes, host Evely Forte chats with University Desk Assistant Editor Anna Neil about what went wrong for the University this fall semester and how it is planning differently for the spring.
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The OC Voice is a portion of the OC Report newsletter where local residents may have a platform to talk about local issues they care about. Swetha Ganesan is an Orange County resident and graduate student pursuing a Master of Public Health degree in the Department of Health Behavior at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.
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Don't throw away your mask and hand sanitizer anytime soon. Here's what a coronavirus vaccine does (and doesn't) mean for the future.
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