Tag: Service

Chapel Hill, NC— A newly published case study in the Journal of Correctional Health Care urges immediate action to strengthen syphilis screening protocols for pregnant individuals in U.S. jails and prisons. Researchers at the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases recently published “Syphilis Screening Among Pregnant Individuals in Carceral...

Chapel Hill, NC—A new study led by researchers at the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill shows an urgent need for improved detection and treatment of Lassa fever, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. Lassa fever–a severe...

Chapel Hill, N.C. — A Phase 2 study led by Dr. Joe Eron, a member of the UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, shows an investigational once‑weekly, all‑oral combination of islatravir (ISL) and lenacapavir(LEN) maintains high levels of virologic suppression through 48 weeks in adults living with HIV....

Since 2008, new HIV diagnoses in the US have been reduced by about half; however, progress is not equally distributed. In 2022, only about 65% of people diagnosed with HIV in the US—and North Carolina—were virally suppressed, falling short of the national target of 95% viral suppression. Southern states, including...

Chapel Hill, NC — Researchers with the UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases (IGHID), in collaboration with the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, and UNC Project-Malawi, found adults receiving rituximab as part of cancer treatment face a significantly higher risk of developing symptomatic malaria in an endemic region....

A UNC Vietnam team led by Vivian Go, PhD, and Bill Miller, MD, PhD, researchers with the UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases–in collaboration with Hanoi Medical University and the Vietnam Ministry of Health–found that tailoring implementation strategies to local clinic needs significantly improved the delivery of a...

Chapel Hill, NC – New research published in JAMA Network Open highlights a critical challenge facing people living with HIV as they re-enter the community after incarceration. A Zambia study led by Michael Herce, MD, MPH, MSCR, an investigator at the UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases—in collaboration with colleagues...

Every community has unsung heroes, and in the HIV-care community there are many. Cassandra Durham is a fierce advocate for the HIV workforce whose dedication is reshaping what it means to care for people with HIV. A personal experience supporting a friend with HIV in the early 1990s—seeing his food...

The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene’s (ASTMH) Annual Meeting, Nov. 9-13 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, drew approximately 4,900 global health professionals from around the world. Investigators from the IDEEL Lab contributed new insights to the global conversation, drawing attention to a defining crossroads in East Africa’s malaria response....

High neighborhood deprivation is linked to both greater antimicrobial resistance and higher short‑term mortality in Enterobacterales infections. For North Carolina, the implications are clear. Tackling AMR requires not only new drugs and diagnostics but also addressing healthcare disparities that leave vulnerable populations at greater risk. Chapel Hill, NC — A...

Landmark research led by William Fischer II, MD, director of emerging pathogens for the UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, describes the successful delivery of advanced care to patients with Marburg virus disease during Rwanda’s third largest outbreak on record, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseasesand The New...

In a recent podcast, The Lone Star Tick & One Patient’s Experience With Ehrlichiosis, Dr. Ron Falk speaks with Dr. Ross Boyce, an expert in tick-borne illnesses, and Dr. Katherine Huffman-Falk, a retired nephrologist who was recently bitten by a tick. This podcast talks about what a tick-borne disease is...