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Remarks from John Batsis on behalf of AGS
March 7, 2022Faculty Fellow John Batsis MD served as the American Geriatrics Society representative on the Obesity and Equitable Aging Roundtable held by the National Council on Aging Roundtable last October. Last month, the National Council on Aging held a virtual meeting with Dr. Meena Seshamani, the Deputy Director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services…
How to collect dried blood spots in rural areas
March 7, 2022
Wave V Public-Use Biomarker Data Released
March 2, 2022
The pandemic baby bust was smaller than we thought
March 2, 2022
Women in urban Senegal seek less biased contraceptive access
March 2, 2022New UNC research has found that women in urban Senegal seeking family planning services tend to avoid providers with a bias that would prevent them from acquiring their preferred method of contraception. While many studies have exposed the types of biases that those seeking contraception might encounter, including those based on age, marital status and…
Who needs more than four COVID-19 tests per household?
February 4, 2022
Submit an abstract: 2022 Add Health Users Conference
February 4, 2022
Picture warnings on sodas? A promising tool to fight childhood obesity
February 1, 2022A study published today in the journal PLOS Medicine is the first to examine in a realistic setting whether pictorial health warnings on sugary drinks — like juice and soda — influence which beverages parents buy for their children. The findings are promising: The warnings reduced parental purchases of sugary drinks for their kids by…
Forecasting COVID-19: A conversation with Paul Delamater
January 24, 2022For the past several months, Paul Delamater has been working with a team of researchers to forecast COVID-19 cases across North Carolina. The NC COVID-19 dashboard shows up-to-date estimates and future forecasts of SARS-CoV-2 infections, COVID-19 cases, and (coming soon) COVID-19-related hospitalizations and deaths in North Carolina. Here are his answers to some questions about…
