As a new strain of swine flu appears in the United States, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention once again takes the lead.
The CDC, based in Atlanta, is uniquely qualified to deal with potential public health crises – whether infectious diseases or other challenges. Its epidemiologists and laboratory scientists work in close [...]

U. S. News & Word Report announced its list of best graduate schools today, and I am once again proud to say that the UNC School of Medicine has ranked among the very best in the country.
Among primary care schools we are 2nd in the nation, and among research schools we are tied for 20th.
Three [...]

If there were any doubts that reforming health care is integral to solving the economic crisis, this wonderful article in the Washington Post today by Ceci Connolly will help eliminate them.
I met with Ms. Connolly in Greensboro, N.C., in March immediately following the White House regional health reform forum. She quotes me in today’s [...]

I had an engaging conversation about health reform yesterday with Frank Stasio, host of the program “The State of Things” on our local NPR station WUNC. You can hear the interview, “Prescription for Health Care,” on the Web.
Mr. Stasio was well informed, and asked important questions ranging from how the wheels of reform [...]

View my interview with News14 from the White House Health Forum on March 31 here. In the interview, I discuss challenges facing our health care system today – uninsured patients, limited access, high costs and improving quality of care – and how we can address them moving forward.