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Fellow Yong Cai featured in Washington Post
March 8, 2021Faculty Fellow Yong Cai, who focuses on China’s birth policies, was interviewed for a recent Washington Post article about a drop in China’s birth rate.
Fellow Poteat’s HIV work highlighted
March 5, 2021Faculty Fellow Tonia Poteat recently co-authored a research paper entitled “HIV and women in the USA: what we know and where to go from here” which was published in The Lancet. From a story on these research efforts published on … Read more
Carolina Demography’s Impact in 2020
March 5, 2021Carolina Demography is an applied demography group located within the Carolina Population Center. The group just released their 2020 Impact Report, which details how they worked with partners across North Carolina to better understand: How COVID-19 affected each area of … Read more
Single Vaccine Dose May Offer Protection to Those Who Have Had COVID-19
March 5, 2021UNC-Chapel Hill research, led by CPC Faculty Fellow Allison Aiello, PhD, and Emily Ciccone, MD, shows that individuals previously infected with SARS-CoV-2 develop a significant antibody response to the first dose of mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines. New research from UNC-Chapel Hill … Read more
Depression and anxiety among first-year college students worsen during pandemic
March 3, 2021First-year college students are reporting symptoms of depression and anxiety significantly more often than they were before the coronavirus pandemic, according to a study by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The study is based on the experiences … Read more
Fellow Allison Aiello interviewed on NPR
March 2, 2021Faculty Fellow Allison Aiello was recently interviewed on NPR about the COVID-19 vaccine.
Death Rates Rising Among Middle-Aged and Younger Americans; Report Recommends Urgent National Response
March 2, 2021This piece was originally published by the National Academics of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. WASHINGTON — Young and middle-aged adults (25-64 years old) in the U.S. have been dying at higher rates since 2010, according to a new report from … Read more
Carolina Population Center receives $38.2 million to study adult health and aging
March 1, 2021The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Carolina Population Center has received two grants, providing an expected $38.2 million over 5 years, that together will fund Wave VI of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add … Read more
Study shows Latino families more likely to have purchased toddler milk
February 25, 2021Though multiple national health organizations recommend against giving toddler milk – a nutrient-fortified drink for children ages 12 months to 3 years that often contains added sugars – to young children, a new study suggests Latino families may be at … Read more
Fellow Robinson quoted in North Carolina Health News
February 24, 2021Faculty Fellow Whitney Robinson was quoted in North Carolina Health News discussing COVID-19 variants and vaccinations.