N.C. Ending the Epidemic Plan hopes to end HIV through education
By Sofia Lesnewski | Mar. 21, 2019Free STD testing is among a few preventative measures being taken to end the HIV epidemic.
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Free STD testing is among a few preventative measures being taken to end the HIV epidemic.
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The 39th annual Minority Health Conference used various perspectives to tackle the relationship between false narratives and public health on Friday.
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Two UNC doctoral students are changing the way middle school students access sex education. Elizabeth Chen and Christina Leos, both studying health behavior in the Gillings School of Global Public Health, and co-creator Vichi Jagannathan are finalizing their app "Real Talk" before launches in the spring of 2018.
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Graduate students in the Gillings School of Global Public Health created an app called "Real Talk," which uses credible sources to expose middle school students to sex education. Staff writer Emily Galvin asked students to travel back to their awkward days of adolescence and recall how they were taught sex education.
Read More »Along with cooler temperatures and shorter days, the Fall season brings runny noses, bouts of coughing and sneezing to campus. The annual flu season is approaching, and Campus Health Services is taking steps to prepare the University for this year’s strain of flu.
Read More »Undergraduate research is on the rise in the United States, as more students seek out opportunities to answer questions that interest them.
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UNC professor Alice Ammerman received the Thomas Jefferson award at Friday's Faculty Council meeting, where she accepted the honor with a “Hamilton” inspired rap and speech acknowledging her appreciation for the University.
Read More »Jean Lambert Chalachala is a UNC alum, and graduated from Gillings School of Global Public Health and has been working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Writer Lauren Talley talked with him about his work in the DRC and his education here at UNC.
Read More »Researchers in the UNC School of Medicine have linked an orphan receptor with opioid-induced itching.
Read More »Wake and Orange counties are the healthiest counties in North Carolina, according to a recent report.
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The Minority Student Caucus held their 38th annual Minority Health Conference last Friday and brought out numerous professionals in the field, including speaker Chandra Ford, a professor at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.
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UNC is creating a program to help provide Medication Assisted Treatment to rural communities in North Carolina. This initiative is part of a project to help rural physicians treat opioid use disorders, which is part of the larger opioid epidemic.
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Some Republican U.S. Congress members have begun efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act — but questions remain about how women’s health care might change.
Read More »The overall child mortality rate in North Carolina remained stagnant between 2014 and 2015 — caused in part by the unwavering mortality rate of infants.
Read More »President-elect Donald Trump consistently called for a repeal of the Affordable Care Act during his campaign, but his plan to replace it has remained a mystery.
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