Nearly one in eight people with private health insurance receive a “surprise” bill for out-of-network expenses after undergoing an elective colonoscopy, according to an analysis by researchers at UVA and the University of Michigan.
Business Insider named Dr. Taison Bell one of its “30 Leaders Under 40 Changing Healthcare.”
A significant new report supported by the World Economic Forum argues there must be a “transport transformation” if the planet is to benefit from the Paris Agreement’s decarbonization commitments. The associate professor of history in UVA’s Department of Engineering and Society added that “we must present change as liberating, as an expansion of choices, and not as constraining, or as a loss of choices.”
Larry Sabato, director of UVA’s Center for Politics, said the allegation that Scully would not moderate the debate objectively was “beyond ridiculous.”
Mental health experts offer advice on how to handle the return to indoor life the cooler weather will bring. “We’re moving from sprint mode to marathon mode,” said Bethany Teachman, a UVA psychologist specializing in anxiety. She added that since stressors tend to pile up over time, we’ll be “going into winter feeling depleted and exhausted.”
This summer, Bacardi introduced Plume & Petal, a “spa-inspired” lineup of low-calorie, low-alcohol vodkas aimed at “the modern woman.” It’s common practice to target consumers based on their identities, particularly gender, says Tami Kim, an assistant professor of marketing at UVA’s Darden School of Business.
A group of University of Virginia law students had a class they’ll never forget after witnessing their professor win a Louisiana man his freedom during a resentencing hearing via Zoom.
(Commentary by Douglas Laycock, law professor) I almost always side with protecting houses of worship. But there are limits.
(Commentary by John Owen, politics professor) While the United States spends 2020 drawing and quartering itself, China continues to solidify internally, then view outward.
The University of Virginia is changing the way it grades students this fall.
Modeled after the proportions of the second century Pantheon in Rome, the Rotunda on the lawn at the University of Virginia was designed by Thomas Jefferson to represent "the authority of nature and the power of reason."
The Virginia Department of Health reported 1,256 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday, following over 1,000 new cases reported Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. While the health department says that the dates that patients started showing symptoms is a better measure of the spread of the disease – and the state's test positivity rate remained below the key 5% level – the recent trend is worrying, according to UVA’s Biocomplexity Institute.
Fairfax, Arlington, Loudoun and Chesapeake public schools are also on the 2020 list of Virginia’s best employers, as are the University of Virginia, James Madison University, Virginia Tech and the College of William & Mary.
You may have noticed construction of a new building on Ivy Road near the UVA Grounds. That’s where UVA is building an orthopedic center to provide more care to patients.
UVA was about to confront the biggest threat yet to its audacious plan to bring thousands of young adults back to Charlottesville and resume in-person schooling mid-pandemic. There appeared to be an outbreak of the coronavirus in Balz-Dobie residence hall, a first-year dorm with a handful of positive cases and concerning signs pointing to even more.
(Editorial) UVA President Jim Ryan’s statement that UVA “will not walk away from Thomas Jefferson” as long as he is president has received widespread coverage and social media comment – and with good reason.
Despite playing in the ACC, UVA and NC State will meet for just the sixth time over the last 17 seasons when they square off at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville. It will mark the Wolfpack’s first trip to UVA since 2011.
President Donald Trump’s behavior while battling COVID-19 is concerning to some infectious disease experts. “We're still talking about a really risky virus,” said Dr. Patrick Jackson, an infectious disease expert at the University of Virginia who helped develop treatments the President is taking like remdesivir and dexamethasone.
(Commentary) The Virginia Retirement System, which provides retirement benefits for hundreds of thousands of teachers, state judges, police officers, firefighters and other government employees throughout the commonwealth, reported a dismal 1.4% rate of return on its investment portfolio in fiscal year 2020. UVA economics professor Ed Burton, a former member of the VRS Board, said Virginia’s pension system should have earned closer to 8% based on the S&P 500 and Barclays Aggregate Bond indices.
Doctors are warning parents that it is critical this fall to make sure your child is up to date with their vaccinations, including a flu shot. Dr. Irène Mathieu, a pediatrician at the University of Virginia, stressed the importance of making sure children are properly vaccinated right now.