As UNC-Chapel Hill announced it would end in-person classes due to coronavirus clusters on campus, students waited outside Woollen Gym in Chapel Hill, N.C. before a fitness class on Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. Julia Wall [email protected] Last month, just before the holidays, I spent time listening to student body presidents […]
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UNC Health introducing cost estimator app for procedures
UNC Health is rolling out a new online tool to help patients estimate their costs. UNC REX Healthcare CHAPEL HILL UNC Health wants to make it easier for patients to know how much their next hospital visit is going to cost. The health system said Wednesday that it’s rolling out […]
UNC Students React to Getting Kicked Off Campus a Week Into the Semester Following COVID Outbreak
Photo credit: Melissa Sue Gerrits – Getty Images From Seventeen The conversation about college in the age of the coronavirus is an ongoing and ever-changing one. Just weeks ago, the question on many college students’ minds was whether their schools were going to offer in-person learning, online classes, or a […]
Nursing home cases hit new high; UNC Chapel Hill reverts to online classes
The coronavirus is hitting hard again in nursing homes, with the number of new infections climbing to a weekly high, according to a new report. Most of the new cases are in Sunbelt states. Showing again the virus does not discriminate between the old and the young, one of the […]
After one week, UNC Chapel Hill reverts to online cases; a look at how COVID-19 symptoms usually progress
One of the first major universities to welcome students back on campus, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is reversing course after outbreaks of the coronavirus and going to online classes only. The change came after at least four clusters had been identified on campus. The experience at UNC could […]
After only a week, UNC Chapel Hill to revert to online cases; here is how COVID-19 symptoms usually progress
One of the first major universities to welcome students back on campus, UNC Chapel Hill, is reversing course and going to online classes only after outbreaks of the coronavirus. On the national front, Speaker Nancy Pelosi is calling back the House to weigh action on U.S. Postal Service changes that Democrats […]
UNC shifts to online classes after coronavirus outbreaks
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is ending in-person instruction for undergrads just a week after reopening following several clusters of coronavirus cases reported among students living in dorms and a fraternity house. Starting Wednesday, all undergraduate in-person instruction will shift to remote learning, Chancellor Kevin M. Guskiewicz […]
Can North Carolina save both lives and its economy in the pandemic? UNC experts say yes.
A panel of experts from the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School said Tuesday that while a COVID-19 vaccine remains far off and the economy can’t handle operating halfway for too long, North Carolina doesn’t have to choose between jobs and lives. Even as virus hospitalizations reached almost a […]