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Sharryse Piggott

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Sep 21, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 21, 2026 · Sharryse Piggott

    UNC researchers will use artificial intelligence to create vaccines to treat cancer (opens the original)

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    Researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill have received $40 million to use artificial intelligence over four years to help create personalized vaccines for those with cancer. The funding for the project is from the Open AI foundation nonprofit. Open AI is the creator of Chat GPT. UNC's project is called "Generative Immunotherapy." “The first trial will be in patients with triple-negative breast cancer after surgical removal of the tumor to try and prevent recurrence of the cancer,” said Dr. Benjamin Vincen

  2. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Sharryse Piggott

    Three years after the 2023 UNC-Chapel Hill shooting, judge finds accused grad student not guilty by reason of insanity (opens the original)

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    An Orange County judge ruled Friday that a former graduate student charged with shooting and killing a UNC-Chapel Hill professor in 2023 was found not guilty by reason of insanity. Tailei Qi faced a first-degree murder charge for the fatal shooting of Zijie Yan, an associate professor in the Department of Applied Physical Sciences at UNC. The judge ruled that Tailei Qi did not understand the wrongfulness of his actions. Orange County District Attorney Jeff Nieman says experts with the prosecutio

  3. Article · Sep 2, 2026 · Sharryse Piggott

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    Stories Health Food insecurity is on the rise in North Carolina Sharryse Piggott The Food Bank in Central and Eastern North Carolina notes about 630,000 people across the state in 34 counties it serves are experiencing food insecurity, according to a new analysis of federal data. Health Measles exposure reported in Asheville and Hendersonville Helen Chickering Health officials say people may have been exposed at two locations in Asheville and Hendersonville after an out-of-state resident travele

  4. Article · Sep 2, 2026 · Sharryse Piggott

    Food insecurity is on the rise in North Carolina (opens the original)

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    Food insecurity across the state is continuing to increase, according to an analysis of USDA and Census Bureau data by Feeding America, a national network of food banks. The president and CEO of the Food Bank in Central and Eastern North Carolina, Amy Beros, said statewide, 15.5% of North Carolinians are food insecure. "That’s roughly 1 in 6 people, or 1.7 million neighbors,” said Beros. "For children, the rate is even higher at 21.5%, meaning more than 1 in 5 kids and teens are worried about th

  5. Article · Aug 28, 2026 · Sharryse Piggott

    Durham County EMS looking into solutions, as county population growth outpaces staff manpower (opens the original)

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    The Durham County Emergency Management Services Department is struggling to meet the demands of the county's population. The department broke a record in the last fiscal year with 60,000 calls. It’s now on track to hit that target or exceed it this fiscal year. Durham EMS Director Mark Lockhart said on average, staff get up to 160 calls on busy days, leaving wait times for lower priority calls at about 30 to 35 minutes. “So the challenge that we face right now is that the population growth in th

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