/tags/unc-gillings-school-of-public-health UNC Gillings School of Public Health en-US Copyright Tue, 02 Mar 2021 22:49:03 GMT /podcast/tested-podcast/2021-03-02/slow-steps-toward-a-brighter-future COVID cases are dropping and vaccine doses are becoming more plentiful. Scientists are even working on a pill that could prevent future coronavirus… Tue, 02 Mar 2021 22:49:03 GMT /podcast/tested-podcast/2021-03-02/slow-steps-toward-a-brighter-future Dave DeWitt, Rebecca Martinez /podcast/tested-podcast/2020-09-15/it-didnt-have-to-go-this-way North Carolina has been in some version of a statewide shutdown for nearly six months. Throughout that time, COVID-19 has demanded a never-ending list of… Tue, 15 Sep 2020 20:43:26 GMT /podcast/tested-podcast/2020-09-15/it-didnt-have-to-go-this-way Dave DeWitt, Charlie Shelton-Ormond /health/2018-12-26/unc-study-finds-alarmingly-low-metabolic-health-in-americans It's part of the zeitgeist to joke that Americans aren't healthy. But new research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Gillings School… Wed, 26 Dec 2018 15:02:33 GMT /health/2018-12-26/unc-study-finds-alarmingly-low-metabolic-health-in-americans Jason deBruyn /show/the-state-of-things/2018-04-17/plasticon-the-trouble-with-plastic Mandatory recycling is law in some places around the United States, which makes people feel comfortable about their part in saving the planet. But what… Tue, 17 Apr 2018 16:38:00 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2018-04-17/plasticon-the-trouble-with-plastic Frank Stasio, Dana Terry /environment/2018-04-17/plasticon-the-trouble-with-plastic Mandatory recycling is law in some places around the United States, which makes people feel comfortable about their part in saving the planet. But what… Tue, 17 Apr 2018 16:38:00 GMT /environment/2018-04-17/plasticon-the-trouble-with-plastic Frank Stasio, Dana Terry /show/the-state-of-things/2018-04-04/what-have-we-learned-from-the-flu-pandemic-of-1918 2018 marks the one-hundred-year anniversary of a flu pandemic that killed 50 to 100 million people and infected hundreds of millions around the world.… Wed, 04 Apr 2018 16:22:20 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2018-04-04/what-have-we-learned-from-the-flu-pandemic-of-1918 Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /health/2018-04-04/what-have-we-learned-from-the-flu-pandemic-of-1918 2018 marks the one-hundred-year anniversary of a flu pandemic that killed 50 to 100 million people and infected hundreds of millions around the world.… Wed, 04 Apr 2018 16:22:20 GMT /health/2018-04-04/what-have-we-learned-from-the-flu-pandemic-of-1918 Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /environment/2017-08-02/study-air-pollution-from-climate-change-expected-to-cause-premature-death Recently released research from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill projects that unchecked climate change will significantly impact premature… Wed, 02 Aug 2017 14:02:24 GMT /environment/2017-08-02/study-air-pollution-from-climate-change-expected-to-cause-premature-death Liz Schlemmer