The inclusion of pregnant women in Zika virus vaccine research is crucial to solving the international health crisis, according to new guidance published by UNC's Center for Bioethics and two other universities. UNC's Center...

Drug overdoses are among the few causes of death on the rise, and now kill more people than guns or motor vehicles. From 2014 to 2015 alone, the number of drug deaths in North Carolina increased by 22%, over half attributed...

Dr. David B. Peden, an expert on the human health effects of air pollution, has been named interim director of the UNC Institute for the Environment. His term begins July 1. Peden replaces Lawrence E. Band, who recently accepted...

The NIH, in collaboration with the FDA, and CMS has announced the launch of a study by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine that will convene a committee to review and evaluate the return of individual-specific...

UNC and University of Florida researchers created viruses to deliver gene therapies while evading pre-existing immune system responses. Aravind Asokan, PhD, led the research team at UNC. CHAPEL HILL, NC – For many patients,...

The deadline for receipt of Carolinas Collaborative pilot applications is now Thursday, July 6th (formerly Wednesday, June 21st). In order to promote inter-institutional collaborations and increase the utilization of resources,...

Don Bailey, Ph.D., director of the Center for Newborn Screening, Ethics, and Disability Studies at RTI International in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, had been on a quest to collect evidence to support the inclusion...

On June 8, the NIH launched the Next Generation Researchers Initiative (NGRI) to bolster support for early-stage and mid-career investigators to address longstanding challenges faced by researchers trying to embark upon and...

Up to $10,000 in Prizes DEADLINE: July 13, 2017 11:59PM Harvard Catalyst | The Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center and the Crowd Innovation Laboratory at Harvard Business School invite you to participate...

Emerging theme of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Health Informatics Symposium — getting the right data to the right person at the right time In 2015, US national health expenditures totaled $3.2 trillion,...