When forces from UNC and Duke come together, some good can be achieved in the world. David and Elizabeth Fitzgerald, a married doctor couple, prove this.
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After almost 15 productive years as the CEO of UNC Health Care and dean of the UNC School of Medicine, Dr. Bill Roper plans to move back "behind the scenes" as a faculty member in the pediatrics department.
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Due to the lack of students on campus, the UNC Blood Donation Center is in desperate need of platelet donations over the summer.
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The California Senate has passed a bill that would require universities in the state to provide medication-based abortion through student health centers. UC Berkeley students are joining the fight to expand these services. But how does expanding access to abortions compare to UNC's family planning options?
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Apple and UNC Health Care have paired up to provide health records to patients.
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Starting in April, the UNC Family Medicine Center will be prescribing a new kind of medicine to a select group of low-income, high-risk patients.
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As an unprecedented epidemic of opioid use and overprescription is rippling throughout the United States, UNC's Department of Pharmacology in the School of Medicine is tasked with training future physicians proper prescription practices.
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A Georgetown University study discovered the underrepresentation of black students in lucrative STEM fields, but the best solution offered was “careful career planning.” At UNC, Dr. Javed Mostafa has a better plan: boot camp.
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UNC, get ready for a sugar rush like no other.
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UNC Health care has proposed a concept plan to the Town of Chapel Hill for the redevelopment of University-owned property along highway 15-501 near I-40 and the entrance of Chapel Hill.
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The potential partnership between UNC Health Care and Carolinas HealthCare System has prompted skepticism from a UNC Board of Governors member over the legality of the merge.
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When Jessica Toney texts her boyfriend during her "lunch break," he's often going to sleep. Toney, a UNC senior who works midnight shifts in a lab at the UNC Medical Center every other weekend, has her routine down to a science. After a full day of classes, she eats a large bowl of pasta and takes a nap for five hours before heading into work. “I'm suddenly left alone in the world,” she said. “Everyone's asleep or getting back from their parties and I'm still going strong at work — sometimes I just post to my Snapchat story just to feel like I'm not alone, even though I know none of them will see it until the morning.”
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A partial settlement of a lawsuit against UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University filed in 2015 was granted initial approval by a federal judge in October.
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Like many 9-year-olds, Cynthia Salazar asked for her father when she woke up from her appendicitis surgery in May. But her father, who was waiting below in the UNC hospital parking lot, worried that if he visited his daughter, he could risk being identified as undocumented.
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Community clinics across the country will be forced to cut back next year after Congress failed to pass legislation to extend federal funding to community health centers by a Sept. 30 deadline. Across North Carolina 284,000 patients like Smith could lose access to care, according to estimates from the National Association for Community Health Centers.
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Bright and early on Sunday morning, Tar Heels of all ages gathered around the Old Well to run the sixth annual Kilometers For The Kids race.
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Thousands gathered in Raleigh on Sunday to participate in the Thad and Alice Eure Walk for Hope, which supports individuals with mental illness.
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Side by side, Ramses and other mascots did the twist for 36 seconds with kids in the playroom of UNC Children’s Hospital. Thirty-six represents the number of children diagnosed with cancer every day.
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Four years ago, on October 9, 2013, UNC Women’s Basketball Head Coach Sylvia Hatchell was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. Today, Coach Hatchell has won the battle against leukemia and is thrilled to say she is 100% healthy. Who does Coach Hatchell credit for her victory? The UNC Blood Donation Center.
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