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Carolina Population Center @uncpopcenter.bsky.social · 7d

Carolina Demography Director Nathan Dollar will speak on a panel at the "Six Decades Later: Legacies of the 1965 Immigration Act" event at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 3 at UNC's Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and History.
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Carolina Population Center @uncpopcenter.bsky.social · 7d

Insecticide-treated baby wraps help protect against malaria during the day when bed nets can't be used, says CPC Fellow Ross Boyce.
globalhealth.unc.edu/2025/09/unc-...

UNC-Led Study Published in the New England Journal of Medicine Demonstrates Repellent-Treated Baby Wraps Can Substantially Reduce Malaria Among Young Children | Institute for Global Health and Infecti...

Published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, this trial led by Ross Boyce, MD, MSc and colleagues highlights the potential impact of permethrin-treated textiles as a novel tool in the fight...

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Carolina Population Center @uncpopcenter.bsky.social · 7d

Congratulations to Carolina Population Center fellows Elizabeth Frankenberg, Robert Hummer, and Nathan Dollar for their successful renewal of the Carolina Center for Population Aging and Health (CCPAH)!
Visit the CCPAH website to learn about their work.
ccpah.cpc.unc.edu

Carolina Center for Population Aging and Health

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Carolina Population Center @uncpopcenter.bsky.social · 7d

Congratulations to CPC Fellow Lauren Gaydosh, who received the Early Career Award in Population Health from the Milbank Quarterly at the 2025 Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science (IAPHS) Conference!
www.milbank.org/news/lauren-...

Lauren Gaydosh Recipient of Milbank Quarterly-IAPHS Early Career Award | Milbank Memorial Fund

News article: The Milbank Quarterly was pleased to present its Early Career Award in Population Health to Lauren Gaydosh, PhD, an Associate Professor of Sociology and faculty fellow at the Carolina Po...

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Carolina Population Center @uncpopcenter.bsky.social · 7d

Census Scientific Advisory Committee chaired by CPC Fellow Barbara Entwisle returns as an independent body to continue offering recommendations.
apnews.com/article/cens...

Experts independently resurrect Census Bureau advisory committee axed by Trump administration

A U.S. Census Bureau advisory committee disbanded by the Trump administration has reconstituted itself.

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Carolina Population Center @uncpopcenter.bsky.social · 7d

Cancelling annual hunger survey may mean the government plans to cut food assistance programs, says CPC Fellow Lindsey Smith Taillie.
www.wsj.com/economy/trum...

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Carolina Population Center @uncpopcenter.bsky.social · 20d

CPC Fellow Barry Popkin says that without regulations or laws to mandate change in the food and drug industries, 'MAHA' report is "all promises and has no teeth."
www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/h...

MAHA’s ‘Make Our Children Healthy Again’ guidance ignores real causes of poor childhood health, experts say | CNN

Experts say the latest MAHA report, which focused on children’s health, didn’t include science-backed ways or address funding to improve their well-being.

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Carolina Population Center @uncpopcenter.bsky.social · 20d

Recommending lower priority solutions rather than tackling more substantial issues like sugary drinks in schools "speaks to industry lobbying," CPC Fellow Lindsey Smith Taillie says.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...

The Jarring Contradiction at the Heart of Kennedy’s Agenda

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Carolina Population Center @uncpopcenter.bsky.social · 20d

'Make America Healthy Again' report lacks "actual, meaningful action that would help Americans address our problems with poor diets and physical activity," CPC Fellow Lindsey Smith Taillie says.
www.npr.org/transcripts/...

The MAHA plan for healthier kids includes 128 ideas, but few details

The Make America Healthy Again commission is proposing more than 100 moves to address the root causes of childhood chronic disease. Critics say other Trump administration moves contradict the goals.

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Carolina Population Center @uncpopcenter.bsky.social · 20d

Opinion: Low Birth Rates Are Here To Stay—Until Our Economy Works for Everyone, says CPC Director Karen Benjamin Guzzo.
www.newsweek.com/low-birth-ra...

Low Birth Rates Are Here To Stay | Opinion

Individuals and families need to be supported by a strong social safety net that includes paid leave and a robust child care infrastructure. There are no quick fixes.

www.newsweek.com

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Carolina Population Center @uncpopcenter.bsky.social · 25d

Interview: CPC Fellow Kavita Arora says investments in women's health and maternal care in the U.S. will ensure the best outcomes for families and communities.
www.beckershospitalreview.com/quality/hosp...

Inside UNC Health's 1st-of-a kind rural women's health fellowship - Becker's Hospital Review | Healthcare News & Analysis

UNC Health is aiming to build a new pipeline of OB-GYNs equipped not only to practice in rural communities, but to take on leadership roles where they can address longstanding disparities in maternal ...

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Carolina Population Center @uncpopcenter.bsky.social · Sep 5

Growing under-5 populations in four N.C. counties are a result of prime working-age people moving to the state, says Carolina Demography Director Nathan Dollar.
www.axios.com/local/raleig...

The under-five population has grown in four North Carolina urban counties, bucking trends

North Carolina has seen strong in-migration since 2020.

www.axios.com

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Carolina Population Center @uncpopcenter.bsky.social · Sep 5

Towns that allow building in flood zones face a compounding risk of those areas being inundated by rising seas and storm water, says CPC Fellow Miyuki Hino.
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A Mississippi city's tax break spurred post-Katrina building. But will homes stand the next storm?

A decade after 2005's Hurricane Katrina, one Mississippi city began offering property tax breaks to encourage building near the waterfront

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Carolina Population Center @uncpopcenter.bsky.social · Sep 5

New UNC Health fellowship aims to train physicians to be leaders in OBGYN care and prepare them for the realities of a rural practice, says CPC Fellow Kavita Arora.
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...

Rural NC lacks OBGYNs. New UNC Health fellowship aims to change that

The program, the first of its kind in the country, hopes to address rural maternal health gaps.

www.newsobserver.com

Carolina Population Center @uncpopcenter.bsky.social · Sep 5

Congratulations to CPC Fellow Elizabeth Frankenberg, who was elected President of the Population Association of America (PAA) for 2026!
www.populationassociation.org/blogs/paa-we...

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Carolina Population Center @uncpopcenter.bsky.social · Aug 27

CPC Director Karen Guzzo and co-authors argue that population projections aren't a 'crystal ball' and become less accurate as researchers project farther from the present.
sites.utexas.edu/contemporary...

Don’t Panic: Population Projection is Not a Crystal Ball

The best way to get those dozens of rates for each year is to rely on current rates and recent trends. This works well when things are changing slowly and in predictable ways, but it means our projections are often limited to forecasting a future that’s a lot like the present.

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Carolina Population Center @uncpopcenter.bsky.social · Aug 20

"We don't want their voices silenced." CPC Fellow Jaime Slaughter-Acey seeking donations to complete data collection for study canceled by Trump administration.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/h...

Trump Administration Scraps Research Into Health Disparities

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Carolina Population Center @uncpopcenter.bsky.social · Aug 20

Draft report on children's health shows the White House isn't serious about reducing ultraprocessed food in kids' diets, says CPC Fellow Lindsey Smith-Taillie.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/h...

MAHA Draft Report Brings Relief to Some, Chagrin to Others

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Carolina Population Center @uncpopcenter.bsky.social · Aug 20

CPC Fellow Arianna Planey: Says collecting data on participants' gender has been and remains scientifically justified and doing so improves health research.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...

The Two-Word Phrase Unleashing Chaos at the NIH

All research is allowed so long as it’s “scientifically justifiable.”

www.yahoo.com

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Carolina Population Center @uncpopcenter.bsky.social · Aug 20

'FAIR' research funding model faces skepticism from faculty, but is the best choice for maintaining a strong research enterprise, says CPC Fellow Penny Gordon-Larsen.
www.theassemblync.com/education/hi...

‘FAIR’ Model Aims to Preserve Federal Research Funding

A new proposal seeks to counter the Trump administration’s plan to cut universities’ research reimbursement rates.

www.theassemblync.com

Carolina Population Center @uncpopcenter.bsky.social · Aug 13

"I'd say it's logistically unfeasible."

Carolina Demography Director Nathan Dollar joins Capital Tonight to talk about President Trump's proposed 'new census.'
spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/charlotte...

Israel plans to fully occupy Gaza

Plus: The latest from Israel.

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Carolina Population Center @uncpopcenter.bsky.social · Aug 13

Former FDA chief's petition to bar ultraprocessed food ingredients is "the strongest play a citizen can do to affect our food supply that I’ve ever seen,” says CPC Fellow Barry Popkin.
www.cnn.com/2025/08/07/h...

A former FDA chief’s ‘brilliant’ move to test the agency’s commitment to making America healthy | CNN

The former head of the US Food and Drug Administration is testing the Trump administration’s commitment to “Make America Healthy Again” with a challenge to crack down on some of the key ingredients in...

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Carolina Population Center @uncpopcenter.bsky.social · Aug 13

New CDC report showing only a slight decline in consumption of ultra-processed food was flawed by small data set, CPC Fellow Barry Popkin says.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/w...

Ultraprocessed Food Still Makes Up More Than Half of Americans’ Diets, C.D.C. Data Show

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Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · Aug 5

@uncpopcenter.bsky.social's Bob Hummer is giving the 18th NIH Matilda White Riley Distinguished Lecture on August 28th from 3-4pm ET. This honor recognizes Bob's contributions to population science & his stewardship of Add Health. Register for the webinar here: obssr.od.nih.gov/news-and-eve...

18th NIH Matilda White Riley Distinguished Lecture: The Life Course, Aging, and Health Disparities: Preliminary Insights from Wave VI of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health
Date: August 28, 2025, 3:00–4:00 p.m. ET
Location: Virtual
Presenter: Robert Hummer, Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Overview
This presentation will focus on the history, theoretical and substantive motivations, empirical contributions, innovations in recent data collection, and preliminary descriptive findings from Wave VI of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health).

Add Health is one of the most innovative and widely used nationally representative longitudinal studies of Americans ever undertaken. It provides data for thousands of researchers around the world to more fully understand the multilevel (biological, survey, contextual) life course factors that contribute to health and health disparities among U.S. adolescents and adults.

The presentation will describe the origins of Add Health and how it has evolved over 30 years. Significant attention will be given to the recently completed wave (Wave VI) of data collection and the preliminary descriptive insights from this new dataset, which will soon be publicly available. The presentation will conclude with information on how to access Add Health data.

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Carolina Population Center @uncpopcenter.bsky.social · Aug 6

Proposed tweak to sugar levels in orange juice raises broader questions about its health benefits. CPC Fellow Barry Popkin says OJ, like all fruit juices, is "sugar water."
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

The FDA is targeting orange juice. Here’s why, and what the science says.

A proposed tweak affecting sugar levels for pasteurized orange juice responds to industry concerns about Florida’s changing crop and raises broader questions about whether the drink is healthy.

www.washingtonpost.com