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...

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...

'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/...

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...

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...

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...

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. abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...

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...

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...

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...

"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...

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...

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...

'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...

"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...

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...

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...

@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...

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/...

CPC Fellow Jamie Slaughter-Acey says cuts to federal research funding are part of a larger pattern of political interference in science that puts the health of all people at risk. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Congratulations to CPC Fellow Bob Hummer, who is this year’s speaker for the 18th NIH Matilda White Riley Distinguished Lecture on August 28! obssr.od.nih.gov/news-and-eve...

CPC Fellow Barry Popkin says without new FDA regulations, letting food companies voluntarily stop using artificial dyes has minimal impact and is largely symbolic. thehill.com/policy/healt...

Drastically reducing governmental funding of science threatens to weaken, if not destroy American scientific research supremacy, says CPC Fellow Peter Coclanis. thedispatch.com/article/gold...

CPC Director Karen Benjamin Guzzo and co-authors argue that fears of a population 'collapse' are misguided and based on faulty assumptions about birth rates, population growth, and economics. theconversation.com/fears-that-f...

"Worry is not a good moment to have kids," CPC Director Karen Benjamin Guzzo says, as U.S. birth rates decline for women in most age groups due to cost, lack of healthcare, and societal upheaval. apnews.com/article/fert...

Unless policymakers regulate the food industry, the 'Make America Healthy Again' movement is just a public relations campaign, says CPC Fellow Lindsey Smith-Taillie. www.seattletimes.com/opinion/maha...

CPC Fellow Jaime Slaughter-Acey says health science research cuts put medical breakthroughs at risk. "What we're doing matters for every mom and baby in this country." news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...

Study co-authored by CPC Fellow Miyuki Hino found 43% of North Carolina buildings that took on water over the past two decades sit outside FEMA’s hazard zones. www.wral.com/news/local/u...

CPC Fellow Jane Cooley Fruehwirth and other Carolina experts offer their insight on the isolation, anxiety, and resilience of today’s college students. www.unc.edu/posts/2025/0...

Couldn't make #PAA2025 this year? See a recap of the some of the research featured at the conference, including CPC Director Karen Benjamin Guzzo's work examining links between physical and mental health and fertility goals. www.prb.org/articles/dat...

FIFA soccer tournaments are showcases of health and fitness and league partnerships with Big Soda brands should be banned, says CPC Fellow Lindsey Smith Taillie. healthpolicy-watch.news/football-is-...

CPC Fellow John Batsis advises people to take up hobbies they would like to do in retirement while they are still working to avoid the "retirement cliff" of sudden inactivity. www.cnn.com/2025/07/09/h...

Well-crafted food warning labels can provide consumers with information without causing harm, according to study co-authored by CPC fellows Marissa Hall and Shu Wen Ng. sph.unc.edu/sph-news/war...

Parents are "really concerned about the costs of what it would take to give their would-be children a good life," says CPC Director Karen Guzzo. www.businessinsider.com/why-you-shou...

New book by former CPC Fellow James Thomas examines how efforts to do good in the world are shaped by harmful colonial narratives. ethicspress.com/products/but...

Study co-authored by CPC Fellow Sachiko Ozawa reveals one in six cancer drugs in four sub-Saharan African nations is defective. medafricatimes.com/41028-faulty...

Falling birth rates coupled with people still wanting kids is evidence our society isn't built to allow people to fulfill their basic desires to have a family, says CPC Director Karen Benjamin Guzzo. www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/...

CPC Director Karen Bejamin Guzzo says a robust childcare system and paid leave for parents would likely boost U.S. birth rates more than a one-time payment. www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...

People are "more cautious and ambivalent about whether they will actually have children" because of uncertainty about their current and future circumstances, says CPC Director Karen Benjamin Guzzo. www.newsweek.com/americas-boo...

Congratulations to CPC Fellow Marissa Hall for receiving UNC's Phillip and Ruth Hettleman Prize for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement from the Gillings School of Global Public Health.

CPC Director Karen Benjamin Guzzo says a new report from the United Nations aligns with her own research on fertility trends. "People want children but are saying the conditions aren't right." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/w...

CPC Director Karen Benjamin Guzzo joins WUNC's Due South podcast to discuss the politics around the 'pronatalism' movement to raise the birth rate in the U.S. www.wunc.org/show/due-sou...

Many clinical trials of weight loss supplements were designed poorly or show bias, says CPC Fellow John Batsis. More randomized, double-blind trials are needed to determine their efficacy. www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

CPC Director Karen Benjamin Guzzo joins the Assembly Required with Stacey Abrams podcast to discuss the pronatalism movement in America. "It's about controlling women," Guzzo says. crooked.com/podcast/who-...

Solving the "birth rate crisis" isn't about pushing people to have more children, it's about building a society where they actually can, says CPC Director Karen Benjamin Guzzo. www.iheart.com/podcast/1278...

Without policy changes to boost wages, reduce medical costs, ensure safe housing, and invest in public education, CPC Fellow Kathleen Mullan Harris says U.S. life expectancy may grow worse. www.yahoo.com/news/growing...

Epidemiologist and CPC Fellow Ross Boyce and team of UNC researchers invite Western N.C. family to participate in La Crosse virus study after child contracted the disease. news.unchealthcare.org/2025/05/unc-...

As coastal flooding becomes more prevalent, communities realize their infrastructure isn't equipped to deal with sea-level rise, says CPC Fellow Miyuki Hino. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Rather than focus on artificial food dyes, which have no clear link to good or bad health, CPC Fellow Lindsey Smith Taillie says the focus should be on limiting the intake of ultra-processed foods containing the dyes. www.today.com/health/diet-...

Lower-cost, over-the-counter hearing aids expand access to affordable hearing care, which is often unavailable in rural areas where hearing loss is prevalent, says CPC Fellow Arrianna Marie Planey. markets.financialcontent.com/stocks/artic...