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PUBLISHED February 3, 2021 IN Campus , Medicine

Should You Double Mask? Experts Also Address Variants, Vaccine Challenges

Media briefing features three Duke experts on vaccines, infectious diseases and emergency preparedness

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Sniffing Out COVID-Related Loss of Smell

An immunologist, neurobiologist, virologist, and medical doctor join forces to study one of COVID-19’s stranger mysteries: the sharp loss of smell and taste

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PUBLISHED January 11, 2021 IN Research , Medicine

Dr. Rick Bedlack is known for putting patients at ease with his colorful outfits.

A Bold Approach to Caring for ALS Patients

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PUBLISHED January 21, 2021 IN Medicine , Research

Human placental cells were stained to indicate the presence of an estrogen receptor called GPER1, which helps protect the fetus from the immune response to viral infection. (Nick Heaton Lab, Duke University)

Estrogen Receptors in Mom’s Placenta Critical During Viral Infection

Innate immune response would harm the fetus, so placenta tamps it down

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PUBLISHED January 21, 2021 IN Medicine , Research

PUBLISHED February 26, 2021 IN Medicine

Rawls and Wang elected to the American Academy of Microbiology

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Dr. James Carter and a collage of material about him

PUBLISHED February 25, 2021 IN Medicine

For James Carter, Sr. Serving the Underserved Was a Calling

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PUBLISHED February 25, 2021 IN Global, Medicine, Research

The Need to Share the COVID Vaccine With the World

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PUBLISHED February 22, 2021 IN Medicine, Research

Parents of Children with Cancer Have Additional Worries During COVID

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PUBLISHED February 17, 2021 IN Medicine, Research

Growing Evidence That Mentally Ill Youths Become Less Healthy Adults

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45 portraits of Duke Hospital Employees by Maria Hock

PUBLISHED February 16, 2021 IN Arts, Medicine

Hospital Portraits Capture the Life and Emotions of Duke Health Care Workers

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L. Kristin Newby, MD; Rachel Noble, PhD; Larry Engel, PhD; and Mariya Munir, PhD

PUBLISHED February 16, 2021 IN Medicine, Research

Searching for COVID in Cabarrus Sewer Systems

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This year's Sloan Fellows (L-R): Emily Derbyshire, Jessica Fintzen, Eva Naumann.

PUBLISHED February 15, 2021 IN Research, Medicine

Three From Duke Named Sloan Fellows

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PUBLISHED February 15, 2021 IN Medicine, Research

DCRI Study Shows ‘Alarming Gaps’ in Treatment of Patients with Diabetes, Heart Disease

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Parents of Children with Cancer Have Additional Worries During COVID

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Three From Duke Named Sloan Fellows

DCRI Study Shows ‘Alarming Gaps’ in Treatment of Patients with Diabetes, Heart Disease