UNC Health /tags/unc-health UNC Health en-US Copyright Tue, 18 Mar 2025 22:38:38 GMT UNC Health expands clinic providing those with Down syndrome tailored healthcare over a lifespan /news/2025-03-18/unc-health-clinic-down-syndrome UNC Down Syndrome Clinic in Chapel Hill is for children and adults. The clinic provides access to critical care that people with Down syndrome need. Tue, 18 Mar 2025 22:38:38 GMT /news/2025-03-18/unc-health-clinic-down-syndrome Sharryse Piggott UNC, Duke partner on NC's first stand-alone children's hospital coming to the Triangle area /news/2025-01-28/unc-duke-partner-childrens-hospital North Carolina's Children's health campus is only dedicated to children through a partnership between UNC Health and Duke Health systems. Tue, 28 Jan 2025 21:48:47 GMT /news/2025-01-28/unc-duke-partner-childrens-hospital Sharryse Piggott The Triangle’s largest hospital systems enact visitor restrictions due to respiratory illness spike /news/2025-01-08/duke-unc-wakemed-triangle-hospitals-visitor-restrictions-respiratory-flu-spike Duke and UNC Health follow WakeMed’s steps by restricting access to visitors under 12 years old, among other precautions. Wed, 08 Jan 2025 19:19:14 GMT /news/2025-01-08/duke-unc-wakemed-triangle-hospitals-visitor-restrictions-respiratory-flu-spike Abigail Celoria UNC Health opens new surgical hospital to meet growing demand for care /news/2024-08-28/unc-health-system-surgical-hospital-chapel-hill North Carolina Surgical Hospital is the single largest addition to UNC Hospitals' campus in 72 years. Wed, 28 Aug 2024 17:17:50 GMT /news/2024-08-28/unc-health-system-surgical-hospital-chapel-hill Sharryse Piggott NC's 'institutional bias' favors mental health care in facilities, not communities /health/2024-04-02/prtf-nc-mental-health-mood-disorder-psychiatric-wunc-investigation-story-3 Advocates say North Carolina's mental health care system would improve by providing more care in community and home-based settings. But an "institutional bias" in the state means that likely won't happen for years, or even decades. Tue, 02 Apr 2024 18:31:44 GMT /health/2024-04-02/prtf-nc-mental-health-mood-disorder-psychiatric-wunc-investigation-story-3 Jason deBruyn State employees in North Carolina could lose coverage of Wegovy, other weight loss medicines /health/2024-01-23/wegovy-north-carolina-state-insurance-ozempic-nordisk-dale-folwell The North Carolina State Health Plan board of trustees will consider dropping coverage of GLP-1 medications like Wegovy and Saxenda. The plan currently covers more than 24,000 people with a prescription for weight loss. Tue, 23 Jan 2024 18:54:58 GMT /health/2024-01-23/wegovy-north-carolina-state-insurance-ozempic-nordisk-dale-folwell Jason deBruyn For transgender youth in crisis, hospitals sometimes compound the trauma /health/2023-12-29/transgender-youth-crisis-hospitals-compound-trauma A North Carolina hospital network is referring transgender psychiatric patients to treatment facilities that do not align with their gender identities. Though UNC Hospitals' policy discourages the practice, administrators say a massive bed shortage is forcing them to make tough decisions. Fri, 29 Dec 2023 15:50:44 GMT /health/2023-12-29/transgender-youth-crisis-hospitals-compound-trauma Associated Press Youth mental health hospital in Butner to address 'pressing issue' for future health /health/2023-11-07/mental-behavioral-health-unc-hospital-butner-ncdhhs A new inpatient psychiatric hospital for children and adolescents in Butner will soon begin accepting patients. It aims to provide better care and help alleviate backlogs in emergency departments around the state. Tue, 07 Nov 2023 22:14:11 GMT /health/2023-11-07/mental-behavioral-health-unc-hospital-butner-ncdhhs Jason deBruyn Contract renegotiation could leave 200,000 UnitedHealthcare patients out of UNC Health network /health/2023-10-13/unc-health-unitedhealthcare-uhc-network-contract-dispute-renegotiation UNC Health has notified health insurer UnitedHeathcare that it wants to renegotiate their contract. If both sides don't reach a deal by April 1, it could leave some 200,000 people with UnitedHealthcare insurance out of network for much – though not all – of the UNC Health system. Fri, 13 Oct 2023 20:20:09 GMT /health/2023-10-13/unc-health-unitedhealthcare-uhc-network-contract-dispute-renegotiation Jason deBruyn How UNC leaving WakeBrook will impact mental health in Wake County /health/2023-09-07/unc-leaving-wakebrook-impact-mental-health-wake-county For a little more than a decade, UNC Health Care has provided care at WakeBrook, the mental health hospital in east Raleigh. Wake County owns the facility, but UNC has been the care provider. Earlier this year, UNC Health announced it will transition away from WakeBrook, a move advocates say will leave a hole in care for some of the most vulnerable patient populations in the area. Thu, 07 Sep 2023 10:43:39 GMT /health/2023-09-07/unc-leaving-wakebrook-impact-mental-health-wake-county Jason deBruyn