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Local health workers resign over COVID-19 vaccination requirement

By Emmy Martin | September 30

Seventy workers have resigned from UNC Health because of their refusal to abide by the system's COVID-19 vaccination mandate. Thirty-nine workers ...

UNC Heel-Gram: Sending love one letter at a time

By Sarah Choi | May 19

MacKenzie Maddox is a co-founder of the HeelGram club. She has an extended family member who regularly received letters from his community over quarantine. ...

UNC's first on-campus vaccine clinic opens Wednesday

UNC to reopen student vaccine clinic Friday, offer the Moderna vaccine

By Sonia Rao | April 13

The recommendation is due to severe blood clots reported in six people who received the J&J vaccine. Over 6.8 million doses of the J&J vaccine ...

UNC Health pauses administration of Johnson & Johnson vaccinations, will resume Saturday

By Sonia Rao | April 8

UNC Health paused administration of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines across its clinics Thursday following adverse reactions in 4-5 patients ...

Here's how the UNC-Duke rivalry helped engage voters in the medical field

By Jacob Meredith-Andrews | October 27

Voter turnout in the medical field is historically low. VotER, an organization that engages medical professionals in civic participation, aims to change ...

North Carolina to stay in Phase 2 of COVID-19 reopening, require facial coverings

By Suzannah Claire Perry | June 24

North Carolina will remain in Phase 2 of COVID-19 reopening for an additional three weeks. Here's why.

N.C. increases COVID-19 testing as state moves into Phase 2 of recovery

By Crystal Yu | May 21

North Carolina has increased its number of tests completed since the beginning of Phase 1. Here's how increases in PPE production and testing are better ...

Local fundraisers provide meals to health care workers during pandemic

By Audrey Selley | April 8

In collaboration with many restaurants and local organizations in the area, Feed the Fight Chapel Hill and North Carolina Healthcare Association are helping ...

UNC Health receives PPE donations from the community as COVID-19 strains hospitals

By Maydha Devarajan | April 6

Since UNC Health and WakeMed called for medical supplies across the Triangle, they've received over one million donations from different organizations ...

UNC graduate sisters fundraise, team with local restaurants to feed health care workers

By Chiara Evans | April 6

Liddy Stewart and Phoebe Murray, two sisters and UNC grads, have teamed up to support local restaurants and healthcare workers by bringing fresh-cooked ...

‘It's not business as usual’: Essential workers continue on through pandemic

By Victoria Johnson | April 5

While most are sheltered in their homes, essential personnel like firefighters, policemen and medical workers continue to provide community services. ...

N.C. hospitals are changing operations and procedures, adapting to COVID-19 spread

By Suzannah Claire Perry and Elizabeth Egan | April 5

Hospitals across the state of North Carolina are taking steps to ensure that they are ready for the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, expected to come to ...

The medics of the sky: how Carolina Air Care transports critical patients

By Noah Dolgoff | January 21

In the limited space of the helicopter, Hooks and Snow provide critical care throughout the duration of the flight, using ventilation devices and IV drips. ...

Two killed in shooting at UNC Family Medicine Center in Durham on Monday

November 25

Durham police are investigating a shooting that occurred at the UNC Family Medicine Center on Mayfair Street on Monday, Nov. 25.

'Life or death information': Complaint claims UNC Health Care violated patient rights

By Eva Ellenburg | November 20

UNC Health Care is being sued for allegedly discriminating against blind patients and violating the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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UNC Hospitals pharmacy department wins award for reducing patients' financial risks

By Emily Orland | November 11

UNC Hospitals' Department of Pharmacy recently gained national recognition for its unique system that reduces the financial risk of high-cost drugs and ...

Ousted Blue Cross CEO still eligible to treat UNC Hospitals children after charges

By Evelyn Gandy | October 8

Details emerged publicly last month regarding the arrest of Patrick Conway this past summer, when he drunkenly crashed his vehicle into a tractor trailer ...

'It broke us' : Parking fees strain cancer patients while building revenue for UNC

By Arabella Saunders and Eva Ellenburg | October 2

Most long-term patients, such as those with cancer, pay the same amount for parking at UNC Hospitals as every other visitor throughout the state. Some ...

UNC graduate Alice Huang donates blood at the Blood Donation Center at UNC Hospitals in June 2016.

UNC Health Care System introduces new safety measures for platelet transfusions

By Casey Quam | September 18

UNC Health Care has implemented a new system to reduce the risk of transfusion-transmitted infections.

Google's sweetest service? A trip to trick out Ronald McDonald House of Chapel Hill

By Marin Wolf | July 1

Employees from the Chapel Hill, Durham and Lenoir, North Carolina Google offices participated in the annual GoogleServe event, with this year's focus ...