(Commentary) What are some of the forces driving the split between those who prioritize the economy and those whose primary concern is the physical health of the population? W. Bradford Wilcox, a sociologist at the University of Virginia, emailed in response to my inquiry: Progressives have grown more likely to embrace a culture of “safetyism” in recent years. This safetyism seeks to protect them and those who are deemed the most vulnerable members of our society from threats to their emotional and physical well-being.
The SolSmart program is adding new partners, joining up with experts at the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy and the University of Virginia to help local Virginia governments go solar. Elizabeth Marshall at UVA will serve as a SolSmart Advisor.
(Commentary by Rob Solomon, assistant professor of clinical medicine) Already, we have found many telehealth benefits, the first being safety. Seeing patients while keeping them at home minimizes risk. That concern has always been present bringing the frail, elderly or otherwise immunocompromised into our waiting room filled with patients with infectious diseases including flu and other viruses.
(Commentary) It’s a bizarre claim in general, that a team of seven doctors would conspire to study the efficacy of an antimalarial drug to undermine the president politically. But it’s an even more ridiculous claim when you consider how the study was completed. The team of researchers from various institutions including the University of South Carolina and the University of Virginia used data on every person admitted to a VA hospital with COVID-19 until April 11. They assessed whether the patients had been administered hydroxychloroquine, with or without the accompanying drug azithro...
The novel coronavirus, previously thought to primarily attack and affect the lungs, could have a potentially devastating effect on the nervous system, brain, kidneys and heart, according to new research. A recent paper by Dr. William Brady, a UVA professor of emergency medicine, and colleagues around the country examined early reports and studies of cardiovascular complications brought on by the novel coronavirus.
Education research firm Quacquarelli Symonds shared its first-ever ranking of the best colleges and universities in the United States with Business Insider. The University of Virginia is among the 50 best U.S. universities.
During the coronavirus pandemic, plenty of people are being asked to stay home. If you think you might need non-emergency medical attention and are without a primary care physician, UVA Health is making it easier to get help with a health care hotline.
William Shobe, a UVA professor of environmental economics, reckons the state has made considerable progress greening its electricity supply. The fleet of new Virginia gas plants has not only replaced coal generation in the commonwealth, but also reduced imported coal electricity from neighboring states like Pennsylvania and Ohio.
When the new coronavirus hit, hospitals around the state moved quickly to prepare – canceling elective surgeries, tests and procedures – telling most patients to stay home. Dr. Tracey Hoke, chief of quality and performance improvement at the University of Virginia’s medical center, said, “We basically redesigned health care in a matter of weeks.”
Despite the potential drawbacks, one political analyst said it's possible that Trump could return to the Green New Deal during the campaign. But he would have to commit hard to that strategy. And even then, it's not certain to work. The areas where energy workers are out of jobs have been trending away from Democrats for decades, so an anti-Green New Deal message won’t carry the same weight, said Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the UVA Center for Politics.
One local bakery, KrissyCakes, made a sweet donation to help feed front-line workers in the Charlottesville area, donating 300 cupcakes to health care workers at UVA Health.
As it stands, carbon fiber costs around $15 per pound, and the researchers behind this new breakthrough hope to one day lower that figure to $5. Made up of scientists from Pennsylvania State University, the University of Virginia and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the research team aims to edge toward this goal by making tweaks to the expensive production process, with the ultimate goal of making carbon fiber a viable option for mass car manufacturers.
Some two- and four-year institutions though are collaborating to smooth the transition between those two collegiate tiers, Jenkins said. For instance, Valencia College in Orlando, Florida, has its DirectConnect pipeline program to the University of Central Florida. And Northern Virginia Community College has transfer agreements with 40 institutions, inside and outside the state, including the University of Virginia.
“No one makes it to graduation alone.” Thousands of University of Virginia students gathered virtually for a stay-at-home graduation ceremony in front of their TV or computer monitors during the Covid-19 pandemic.
(Commentary co-written by Richard J. Bonnie, Harrison Foundation Professor of Medicine and Law and director of UVA’s Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy) Bonnie argues the U.S. Supreme Court put the insanity defense – “a bedrock principle of American criminal justice” – in peril, but states should not abandon it.
No state is really meeting all the metrics set out by the federal government; instead, local governments appear to be picking “what seems to be working for them.” “I hate to say it in these terms,” said Raymond Scheppach, a UVA professor of public policy, “but I think we’re in a period of experimentation.”
The University of Virginia Board of Visitors discussed aspects of financial mitigation from the cost of the coronavirus pandemic during a virtual Monday meeting.
“Over the course of the last several months the playing field has gotten a little bit bigger, and I’d say Democratic prospects in some of these individual races have also seemed to get a little bit better,” said Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has criticized French and other European digital tax proposals as discriminatory, targeting predominantly U.S.-based tech companies. Making this case would’ve been “a lot harder when Maryland has one,” explains Ruth Mason, a professor at the University of Virginia law school.
The researchers from the University of Virginia also cautioned that COVID-19 treatments can interact with medicines used to manage patients' existing cardiovascular conditions.