A UVA professor is doing his part to try to help parents explain the importance of hand-washing to children. As an engineering professor at UVA, Keith Williams is trying to use his knowledge to teach necessary information in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Despite continuing supply shortages, UVA Health testing between 25 and 50 patients a day using its own COVID-19 test. Dr. Amy Mathers, an infectious disease physician and associate director of clinical microbiology, and Mendy Poulter, director of clinical microbiology, led the effort to create the tests at the University that were announced last week.
It’s been almost two weeks since the UVA’s men’s lacrosse team found out that it wouldn’t get a chance to defend its national championship. Two weeks that have provided little clarity.
A third-year computer science and mathematics double major student at the University of Virginia, Soukarya Ghosh has developed an application ‘TrackCorona‘ to track how far and wide across the world the virus has spread.
The pandemic is forcing the human species – and our brains – to do the opposite of what we’ve learned to do over millennia in order to survive. UVA neuroscientist James Coan compared the way the brain functions in times of stress to that of a salamander. “A salamander wants a cool, dark, wet place in the Blue Ridge Mountains. It’s adapted to the environment. It knows where to find food there. If a salamander walks out from under the rock into the sun on a hot dry day, it will have a stress response – and want to get back under the rock,” Coan said. “The dilemma for us today is that we’re all s...
Health experts around the world are offering advice to help deal with the undesirable effects of quarantines on mental health. Psychologist Claudia W. Allen is among them. She directs the behavioral science department at the UVA School of Medicine. She leads the Family Stress Clinic there as well.
Over the past week, Twitter users have been relying on Venmo to fundraise for unforeseen circumstances caused by COVID-19, reaffirming the cross-platform economy that exists between the two social media platforms, according to academic Lana Swartz. Swartz, an assistant professor at the University of Virginia, and research assistant Megan Vickery have been analyzing the relationship between Twitter and Venmo since October 2016, as part of an ongoing study titled “Venmo as Social Media: A Qualitative Analysis.” Swartz said she built “a simple little script” to search Twitter’s API multiple ...
Even though national shortages are affecting healthcare workers nationwide, especially those on the front lines in emergency services, Eric Swenson, public relations officer at University of Virginia Health System says: "At this time, our medical personnel do have the supplies they need."
UVA Health is preparing for a wider spread of COVID-19 by making sure patients and essential health care workers are protected. As a first step, there are strict rules about the number of visitors allowed for patients. Anyone receiving end-of-life care can have two designated visitors. Pediatric patients and anyone in labor is allowed just one designated visitor. All visitors have to be screened before entering the hospital.
If your fear stems from societal norms and expectations, becoming aware of those pressures is key. In fact, a 2005 study conducted at the University of Virginia found that people who increased their awareness of potential stigmatization of singles also took steps to validate their sense of self-worth and overall happiness.
As the Charlottesville area saw another case of coronavirus, the UVA Medical Center prohibited visitors to inpatient units starting at 10 p.m. Sunday and increased its restrictions on visitors to outpatient facilities.
University of Virginia officials on Monday lifted parking restrictions at parking meters and lots on Grounds in hopes of improving employee access to workplaces. Restrictions are still in place at the UVA Health parking garages, Scott Stadium, Fontaine Research Park, McCormick Road and the Lawn alleyways.
UVA’s Miller Center of Public Affairs is making some changes to its presentations due to the coronavirus. According to a release, the center will now host online-only webinars, which will have its panelists and audiences connecting digitally.
Rebecca W. Rimel announced last year that she would be retiring from her role as president and CEO of the Pew Charitable Trusts, so last week’s news that the board had named a replacement was not a surprise. Prior to Pew, Rimel had established herself as a leader in the medical field. She was the first nurse to hold a faculty position at the University of Virginia’s Medical School, and she served as an assistant professor in the Department of Neurosurgery.
(Commentary by Chesdin Harrington, fifth-year Cavalier baseball player) It’s truly challenging to put into words the disappointment that I and so many college baseball players and personnel are feeling over the last week.
Taison Bell, an assistant professor with UVA’s Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, said the state’s figures are likely underestimating the true number of positive cases by a fair degree.
(Subscription required) State and local officials are struggling to understand how their decisions about public services and businesses will affect the spread of the new coronavirus. UVA researchers are looking to help by making widely available an artificial-intelligence system that can simulate the impact of policy decisions on health outcomes in a particular community.
“The work is very preliminary, but it is biologically plausible that different blood groups might vary in their susceptibility to COVID-19.” Say Dr. William A. Petri Jr. of the University of Virginia, after reviewing the study. But why would someone’s blood type make them more susceptible to COVID-19? The answer, Petri explains, has to do with how proteins on the surface of coronaviruses bind to the different sugars on the surface cells, which go hand-in-hand with a person’s blood type.
Houses of worship may not be guaranteed special treatment during a public health crisis, but they are guaranteed fair treatment. “If some state makes exceptions for some well-connected secular group that wants to meet, that should render the ban on religious meetings unconstitutional. Exceptions for essential services are one thing; exceptions for politics are quite another,” said Douglas Laycock, a distinguished professor of law at the University of Virginia.
As the coronavirus pandemic has brought the sports world to a standstill and affected everyday life for everyone, social distancing has become the new norm. While nothing about that feels normal, Virginia Cavaliers head coach Bronco Mendenhall sent a message to UVA fans on Saturday, that will, at a minimum, bring a smile the collective orange and blue faithful.