Tag: UNC Health
Coronavirus Today – June 12 – Troubling trends, pleas to public to help reverse them; Ace Speedway tells fans no races; UNC physicians on reopening, testing
By North Carolina Health News staff ‘These trends don’t mean that our fate is sealed’ As North Carolinians get out and about more, they’re mingling more with the coronavirus that’s been creating worldwide havoc, raising concern among public health officials and physicians at major health care centers. They might have been staying at home throughJun 12, 2020Affiliation, lease, sale: New Hanover Regional committee hears visions for system’s future
By Liora Engel-Smith A New Hanover Regional Medical Center committee weighed options for the future of the Wilmington-based hospital system this week as the county seeks a partner to back the hospital, one of the largest in the southeastern region. In a series of meetings this week, three contenders for partnership — Duke Health, AtriumJun 12, 2020
The impact of racism on African Americans’ health
By Liora Engel-Smith and Melba Newsome Braxton Winston became a symbol of the Charlotte resistance during the September 2016 protests over the police killing of Keith Lamont Scott when he stripped off his shirt to use as a mask against tear gas and stood face face-to-face with police, clenched fist raised in defiance. Winston hasJun 8, 2020With more questions than answers, hydroxychloroquine still under the microscope
By Anne Blythe Four months ago, few would have fathomed that a 65-year-old drug would become a household name now recognized by many North Carolinians and the subject of heated political discourse. But that’s the recent history of hydroxychloroquine. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed everyday parlance to include such phrases as “flattening the curve,” “socialJun 4, 2020This Charlotte physician fought COVID-19. Now, he donates plasma to help others.
By Anne Blythe Nima Eftekhary had heard enough about COVID-19 in March that he pretty much knew when he woke up several months ago with a bad headache, body pains and general malaise that he probably had contracted the coronavirus that had been spreading around the globe. His fiancee had returned from New York recentlyJun 1, 2020Novant seeks to edge the competition over New Hanover Regional with a medical education plan
By Liora Engel-Smith Novant Health will partner with UNC Health to bolster medical education programs at New Hanover Regional Medical Center if the Wilmington health system chooses to affiliate, sell or merge with the Winston-Salem-based nonprofit system. Novant and UNC signed a letter of intent that outlines enhancements to medical education and clinical services atMay 22, 2020
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On National Nurses’ Day, these critical health care workers are more in the spotlight
By Rose Hoban, RN For close to two decades, nurses have been ranked as the most honest and trustworthy profession in the U.S. but with the coronavirus epidemic sweeping the country, there’s a new gravity to how people are thinking about the nation’s 2.8 million nurses. “Nurses are really at the forefront of caring forMay 7, 2020Coronavirus Today – April 20 – COVID deaths surpass flu, Neuse prison outbreak, Smithfield and food supply
By North Carolina Health News staff More COVID-19 deaths than flu In less than one month, the number of deaths related to COVID-19 in North Carolina has surpassed flu-related deaths for the whole season. Mandy Cohen, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, made that note as she announced the state’s COVID deathApr 20, 2020At this COVID-19 testing center, you’re more than a lab number
By Anne Blythe Amir Barzin, the UNC Health physician at the helm of the Respiratory Diagnostic Center, says he and his team are seeing from 70 to 150 people a day coming in for drive-through COVID-19 testing at the Ambulatory Care Center site in Chapel Hill. In a half-hour Zoom video conference with reporters onApr 11, 2020Coronavirus Today – April 1 – Managing limited PPE supplies, tracking the spread, face masks for healthy people
By North Carolina Health News staff In search of an accurate disease model As North Carolina works through its first week of a statewide stay-at-home order, state department of health secretary Mandy Cohen cautioned that it’s hard to predict exactly how the outbreak will play out in North Carolina. Various models for the spread andApr 1, 2020