Bianca Garcia
American Association for the Advancement of Science Mass Media FellowBianca is a Filipina-American science reporter. She joins WUNC as a 2025 American Association for the Advancement of Science Mass Media Fellow after just having completed her Master's in Media, Medicine, and Health from Harvard Medical School. She fell in love with radio during her time at The Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, ME. Listen to or read her work at Gravy, Heritage Radio Network, WMPG, STAT First Opinion.
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Decade old building codes could make homeowners more vulnerable to damage, and higher insurance premiums. -
Since COVID, couples have leaned into the cheap and quick option of getting married at a courthouse. Or a jail. -
Neurologist and Duke ALS Clinic Director Richard Bedlack “stitches strength” for his patients, showing the powers of hope. -
A meteorologist/reporter and a former NOAA scientist explore the past, present and future of storm predictions. Then, a UNC-Chapel Hill researcher tells co-host Jeff Tiberii about her research team’s recent efforts to fill in the blanks in the flood record.
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Eating excessive calories is 10 times more influential than sedentariness in driving the obesity epidemic, researchers say. -
New research funded by the UNC Collaboratory revealed that 90,000 buildings have experienced flooding over 24 years, some repetitively. -
Thousands of Native Americans have their racial identity wrongly recorded on their death certificates. This has led to a skewed understanding of health disparities. In a field where data defines action, the Southeastern American Indian Cancer Health Equity Partnership says it has to find other ways to learn about and address tribal health disparities. -
Medicaid is under threat in NC and nationwide. Losing insurance is more than an inconvenience. Research shows that disruptions to insurance coverage can have serious health consequences. -
There’s a trade-off between the accuracy and sustainability of different large language models, according to German researchers. An NC expert weighs in. -
Researchers are creating evaluation frameworks to ensure the safe usage of LLMs, like ChatGPT, at Duke Health
