This week marks a milestone in saving the lives of hospital patients who 18 months ago would have died from preventable medical errors. 122,342 people nationally with 2,500 from North Carolina can be very thankful for the efforts of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s campaign to save 100,000 lives.

As North Carolina’s safety-net health care system, UNC Health Care proudly serves all North Carolinians, regardless of their ability to pay. To fulfill this mission, we constantly manage the finances of this institution to ensure we can meet the increasing demands on our charity care program while also educating the next generation of physicians and [...]

UNC has just received a $22.6 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support a pivotal clinical trial of a promising new oral drug for the treatment of African sleeping sickness.
African sleeping sickness, or trypanosomiasis, is a deadly parasitic disease transmitted by tsetse flies. More than 300,000 people in sub-Saharan Africa are [...]