Fellow in Focus: Adia Louden, MPH

Adia Louden is a fourth-year doctoral student at UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. We reached out to Louden to learn more about her work, her life, and her academic journey through the following Q & A. How did … Read more

2025 Injury-Free NC Academy on Harm Reduction as a Transformative Practice

Injury-Free NC, a collaboration between the North Carolina Division of Public Health’s Injury and Violence Prevention Branch and the University of North Carolina’s Injury Prevention Research Center, is excited to launch the application for the 2025 Injury-Free NC Academy on … Read more

Medicaid expansion may reduce deaths among formerly incarcerated, but racial inequities persist

By UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health Expanding Medicaid coverage could lead to fewer deaths among those who were formerly incarcerated, but new findings from a JAMA Network Open study show significant racialized inequities in this reduction. The study, … Read more

North Carolinians Can Now Get a More Detailed View of Local Governments’ Opioid Settlement Spending

Attorney General Josh Stein Unveils Updates to Community Opioid Resources Engine (CORE-NC) Friday, October 25, 2024 RALEIGH – Attorney General Josh Stein announced today that North Carolinians now have expanded access to their local governments’ spending of the $1.2 billion in … Read more

Emergency Medicine & Injury Prevention Research Center Provide Important Insights Regarding Firearm Injuries

By UNC School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine The research shows firearm injuries in N.C. are pervasive and increasing, but preventable. The findings were released earlier this year and demonstrate that firearm violence occurs in rural, suburban and urban … Read more

NPR Exclusive: U.S. Overdose Deaths Plummet, Saving Thousands of Lives

Brian Mann, National Public Radio For the first time in decades, public health data shows a sudden and hopeful drop in drug overdose deaths across the U.S. “This is exciting,” said Dr. Nora Volkow, head of the National Institute On … Read more

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