News Tip: ‘CDC is Right’ to Change Mask Guidance, Expert Says
Duke professors comment on the CDC recommendation that vaccinated people wear masks indoors
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Quotes William Bleser, a researcher at the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, and links to his research
Fauci Wants to Make Vaccines for the Next Pandemic Before It Hits
Quotes Dr. Barton Haynes, director of the Duke Human Vaccine Institute
Duke Expert Answers New and Lingering Questions About Coronavirus Vaccines
Q&A with Dr. Chip Walter, chief medical officer of the Duke Human Vaccine Institute and a professor of pediatrics at Duke
Duke Health Vaccinates Nearly 180 at Combined Clinic and Job Fair in Durham
Features an interview with Dr. Viviana Martinez-Bianchi, a Duke family medicine and primary care physician
Will CMS Find Aducanumab Reasonable and Necessary for Alzheimer Disease After FDA Approval?
Commentary co-authored by law professor Barak Richman
Duke University Health System to Require COVID-19 Vaccine for All Health Care Workers
Quotes Dr. Thomas Owens, president of Duke University Hospital and senior vice president of Duke University Health System
Smoke From Raging West Coast Wildfires Causes Code Orange Air Quality Alert in North Carolina
Covers Duke research; interview with Dr. Herbert Kim Lyerly, a professor of immunology and director of Duke’s Environmental Health Scholars Program
Virus or Bacterium? Rapid Test Pinpoints Infection’s Cause
Covers Duke research; quotes Associate Professor of Medicine Dr. Ephraim Tsalik, an infectious disease specialist
Why Crash Weight Loss Programs Don’t Work: Clues From Hunter-Gatherer Societies
Interview with Herman Pontzer, an evolutionary anthropologist at Duke and author of the new book, “Burn”
Study Finds Link Between Air Pollution and Alzheimer’s Disease in Charlotte Area
Covers Duke research; quotes Dr. Julia Kravchenko, an assistant professor in Duke’s Department of Surgery and corresponding author