Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

The United Way of North Carolina recognized companies and organizations from across the state that have demonstrated commitment and support to their community through local United Way involvement. Of the 42 Spirit of North Carolina awards,...

Thanks to an $876,000 grant from the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust, patients at the Downtown Health Plaza (DHP) of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center will have access to expanded integrated mental health services. An estimated 50 percent of...

Panel weighs-in on eliminating racism (Rev. Dr. John Mendez is flanked by Cindy Gordineer and Mayor Allen Joines as he addresses the topic. Photos by Charles E. Leftwich Jr.) Racism was framed as America’s Berlin Wall Monday morning during the...

(pictured above: CDC flu activity chart for week ending Dec. 13.) Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, High Point Regional Health and Cone Health are restricting visitors who are under the age of 18 to prevent the spread of the flu. “This...

(pictured above:  The walkers begin their trek through Tanglewood Park.) By Wednesday, Nov. 19, the American Heart Association hopes to raise $500,000 from its recently held Tanglewood Heart and Stroke Walk. Nearly 4,000 dedicated supporters...

(pictured above:  Noelle Brown tosses a football as her mother, Marcella, looks on.) Grandparents compete alongside their grandkids Intergenerational teams of grandparents and grandchildren competed in a variety of sports at Miller Park Saturday...

(pictured above:  Clinic volunteers (from left) Steve Malik Daniels, Corrinna Austin, Sadou Ibrahim, Omer Zuilfiqar, Muhammad Syed, Asiyah Rodriguez and Elizabeth Fleming. (Below) Jahan and Tahsin Choudhury with Dr. Muhammad Syed.) For almost...

Doctors pulling summer volunteer duty at Senior Services (pictured above:  Dr. Julia Williams gives a meal to Josie Shirley.) Most Americans take some kind of vacation during the summer, including the dependable volunteers who deliver...

Kybele, Inc., a Winston-Salem based humanitarian organization that supports medical education in developing countries, will be hosting a documentary film event on Friday, Aug. 15 from 6 – 10:30 p.m. at the Old Salem Visitors Center, 900 Old...

Local researcher publishes findings in national journal For decades, common medical wisdom has been “the lower the better” in treating the approximately one in three people in this country who have high blood pressure. But does it? In a study...

(pictured above:  The new 525@vine stands behind Wake Forest BioTech Place.) A former R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. factory is now a world-class research facility. The grand opening was held for 525@vine, a five story, 234,000-square-foot mixed-use...

(pictured above:  Harvey Miller (standing on ground second from left) poses with other students at Five Row School in this vintage photo.) Residents in the community have a chance to step back in time to share in the lives of two children from...

Dr. Maya Angelou’s home church celebrates her life (pictured above:  Maya Angelou’s grandson, Colin Johnson, speaks. Sitting behind him are (from left) Sheila Alick, Mayor Pro Temp Vivian Burke, Mayor Allen Joines, Rev. Paul Lowe, Dr. Serenus...

For his lifetime service to the community, Michael “Mike” Aiken will receive this year’s Bill J. Leonard Distinguished Service Award Pro Fide Et Humanitate from the Wake Forest University School of Divinity. Aiken, who graduated from Wake Forest...

(pictured above: Willie Gary addresses the crowd.) The more than 1,400 attendees at Monday morning’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Breakfast were prodded to adopt the late civil rights leader’s warrior stance – the one he used to face...

Two of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center’s preeminent School of Medicine programs will move to Wake Forest Innovation Quarter in the spring. The Medical Center has announced that its nationally recognized Division of Public Health Sciences...

Part check up, part support group, the Centering Pregnancy program at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center’s Downtown Health Plaza is helping to reduce the county’s staggering premature birth rate and improve the experience of pregnant women. A...

Wharton Gladden & Company, a Greensboro-based real estate investment banking firm, will partner with Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center to present an annual lecture series on diabetes research and prevention. The announcement came at the...