(Video) Should lactating women get the COVID-19 vaccine? Our experts all agree the answer is yes. “So I would absolutely recommend it, and actually, now that it’s now that we’ve been vaccinating people for awhile and some of the health care workers were the first to start receiving the vaccine, we are accumulating data,” said Dr. Ann Kellams, professor of pediatrics and vice-chair for clinical affairs at the UVA Department of Pediatrics and director of UVA’s breastfeeding medicine program.
A nasal shot is formally called the “intranasal” vaccine and is administered by squirting or spraying the solution into the nostrils. “The idea is that one gets infected through the nose. It’s very appealing, for that reason, to immunize directly in the nose, because then you will stimulate the immune system where you need it the most.” – Dr. Bill Petri, infectious disease professor at the University of Virginia.
(Subscription required) Marlene Daut, a UVA associate professor of African diaspora studies, says that to point to positive contributions by Bonaparte “is to suggest that the people whose lives he destroyed actually don’t matter.”
There were numerous calls from people asking that the statues not be given to another community once they come down. “It’s in your interest to choose, city council, not to allow these statues to be whisked away to the last capital of the Confederacy, Danville, down the road to be re-erected, but to dispense of the statues in a way that allows for restorative, reparative justice,” UVA lecturer Larycia Hawkins said.
UVA professor John Edwin Mason suggests that if the monuments are to be preserved, a historical society may be an example of how to keep the monuments out of sight– noting how the Albemarle-Charlottesville Historical Society possesses Ku Klux Klan memorabilia for researchers or historians to view.
The Blue Ridge Health District is teaming up with community partners like the Charlottesville Fire Department and UVA Health to bring vaccines right to people’s homes.
An updated book aims to help people identify and avoid poisonous plants that are found in Virginia. According to a release, “The Socrates Project: Poisonous Plants in Virginia” book is designed to be an easily read resource for parents, the general public and medical providers. This book is a collaboration between the Virginia Master Naturalists Program, the Blue Ridge Poison Center at UVA Health and the UVA School of Medicine’s Division of Medical Toxicology.
As an increasing number of Virginians foraging for wild plants are eating poisonous greenery, a book to help people to identify and avoid poisonous plants found in the state is now available as a free download. “Our experts become quickly concerned when they receive a Poison Center call about somebody who has intentionally eaten a plant they harvested from the wild,” UVA Dr. Christopher Holstege, medical director of the Blue Ridge Poison Center and the toxicology consultant for the book, said. “Children often eat just a few berries. But a forager is more likely to consume a large amount. This ...
UVA cybersecurity researchers published a paper in which they claimed that a variant of the Spectre vulnerability could potentially impact “billions” of devices, and require patches that severely hinder performance. Intel, however, refuted the claim in a statement.
The new three Spectre vulnerabilities were discovered by a team of researchers from UVA and the University of California. According to their study, the micro-op cache present in the current CPUs like Intel and AMD has recorded vulnerabilities. They also predicted that a costly performance penalty could happen when the low-level fixes are implemented.
The ripples created by the widespread Spectre vulnerability, which impacted a multitude of processors and devices in 2018, are being felt to this day. Security researchers have discovered several new variants of the flaw that, while difficult to carry out, would be tricky to mitigate. The three new types of potential Spectre attacks affect all modern AMD and Intel processors with micro-op caches, according to a new paper from academics at UVA and University of California San Diego.
Two of the University of Virginia’s COVID-19 projections for the next several months show that Virginia has already passed its peak in COVID-19 cases, but a third projection, which accounts for the variant first identified in the United Kingdom, says a peak could still be coming toward the end of July if residents relax their cautious behavior during the pandemic.
A weekly update from UVA’s Biocomplexity Institute, which tracks COVID trends statewide, reported transmission rates are below 1.0 statewide, a sign that the virus isn’t spreading as quickly, and 22 of 35 health districts are showing case declines. However, researchers noted a “growing uncertainty in short term forecasts, indicating that variants and pandemic fatigue continue to pose a significant risk.”
Since the start of the pandemic, state health officials have looked to UVA’s Biocomplexity Institute for coronavirus trends and projections, said Justin Crow, director of the social epidemiology division with VDH’s health equity office. The institute’s modeling is helpful for projecting solid numbers like coronavirus case counts. But the data can’t truly forecast people’s behavior, and is therefore not as useful when weighing policy changes, Crow said. Searching for a way to fill in those gaps, the state partnered with forecasting technology platform Metaculus, which runs the new tournament. T...
UVA’s Sheila C. Johnson Center is hosting a two-week summer camp to help children who stutter. The camp will provide tools to reduce tension while speaking, overcome anxiety and equip kids with strategies to facilitate fluent speech. The camp is for children 8 to 12 years old and will be held Mondays through Thursdays from July 19 to July 29.
The UVA Apprenticeship Program is now accepting applications. Applicants must have a high school diploma or a GED and meet the physical requirements of the trade they are applying for. The available trades include plumbing, masonry, carpentry, electrical and HVAC.
Second-place winner Birdwood Golf Course at Boar’s Head Resort was worn out and needed renovation. The owner wanted to create new, family-friendly golf facilities to attract resort guests and members. Brought to life by Love Golf Design, the new 18-hole course, surrounded by the Blue Ridge Mountains, was intentionally routed to capture the views. Home to the UVA men’s and women’s golf teams, Birdwood includes a practice range and a new six-hole, par-3 course to be used by the public and resort guests.
Some have raised the question, "If once you receive one vaccination series, in the event there are booster shots needed in the coming months or years, will you have to have the same vaccine forever?" “The short answer is probably yes,” UVA infectious disease expert Dr. Bill Petri said.
The lifestyles of soon-to-be mothers and fathers could shape the health of their unborn offspring in lasting ways, according to a surprising new animal study of exercise, diet, genetics and parenthood from UVA researchers.
After more than 500 days without the Cavalier faithful, Virginia football fans finally got the chance to return to Scott Stadium for Saturday's Spring Game. Virginia made 5,000 tickets available to the general public for the event, which the program announced were all sold.