2020 Coronavirus Outbreak -

Advocates respond to recent rise in violence against Asian American community

By Praveena Somasundaram | March 9

Though violence against Asian Americans has risen particularly in major U.S. cities, community members say anti-Asian racism is not new — and that there ...

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A look back at North Carolina's COVID-19 response over the past year

By Guillermo Molero | March 9

Since last March, the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has come through a mixture of executive orders and comprehensive relief legislation. ...

Town and University look to avoid Franklin Street rush after Saturday's UNC-Duke game

By Suzannah Claire Perry and Heidi Pérez-Moreno | March 5

In an email, Victoria Hudson, the Orange County Director of Environmental Health, said she was unaware of any community spread impacts from the February ...

Settlement secures release of 3,500 incarcerated people from state prisons

By Jacob Meredith-Andrews | March 4

The legal settlement ensures the early release of 3,500 people over the next six months, 1,500 of whom will be released over the next three months. The ...

Following sudden move last fall, students share why they moved back for the spring

By Heidi Pérez-Moreno | March 3

This semester, the number of undergraduate students living on campus increased from 1,096 students in late August to 2,410 as of Feb. 23, according to ...

Durham faith-based advocacy group La Semilla holds refugee vaccination event

Orally-administered antiviral drug tested at UNC shows promise in treating COVID-19

By Emily Shih | March 2

A new antiviral drug for COVID-19 is being tested with collaboration from the Gillings School of Global Public Health and UNC School of Medicine.

‘I’ve been waiting for an opportunity’: Triangle Immigrants feel left out of vaccine process

By Heidi Pérez-Moreno | February 28

Research from the Center for American Progress shows undocumented immigrants are more likely to work essential jobs in the United States, with an estimated ...

UNC to allow limited fans at home sports following Cooper's latest executive order

By PJ Morales | February 25

Following an easing of COVID-19 restrictions by Gov. Roy Cooper, a limited number of fans will be allowed at most UNC home athletic competitions starting ...

State legislature passes bill to send students back to school, awaits governor approval

By Guillermo Molero | February 24

It doesn’t appear to have Gov. Cooper’s support, despite him calling on K-12 school districts across the state to allow in-person instruction earlier ...

School district program aims to combat food insecurity during pandemic

By Graham Hill | February 24

Food for Students has made an effort to not only provide food, but also connect with students: dropping off ingredients for recipes like blueberry muffins, ...

Cooper says N.C. bars can open indoors, other COVID-19 restrictions eased

By Sonia Rao | February 24

For the first time since March, bars in North Carolina will be able to open indoors. Cooper announced this and an ease in many other COVID-19 restrictions ...

Living with a pandemic: Polio in the 1940s

By Maeve Sheehey | February 21

For polio survivors, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is not the first infectious disease to upend their lives. Now, decades after polio ripped through North ...

UNC works to balance its budget with cuts to operating and personnel funds

By Preston Fore | February 19

UNC has announced its plans to achieve a balanced budget and resolve a deficit by the end of June 2022. To achieve that, Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz ...

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Pandemic crises generate progress in Orange County’s Emergency Housing Department

By Emmy Trivette | February 17

The pandemic has had a devastating impact on renters and homeowners in Orange County. To solve the looming housing crisis, the Orange County Housing and ...

LISTEN: UNC resumes some on-campus instruction and pop-up COVID-19 testing sites

By Praveena Somasundaram and Evely Forte | February 16

UNC basketball coach Roy Williams addresses partying video, player statuses for Virginia

By Jared McMasters | February 12

The North Carolina men's basketball head coach said that the team will be "full personnel" for Saturday's game against Virginia.

Cooper says N.C. will increase COVID-19 vaccine supply as waitlist numbers surge

By Heidi Pérez-Moreno | February 11

Ever since the COVID-19 vaccine became available to states, supply has been a concern. Mandy Cohen, secretary of N.C. Department of Health and Human Services, ...