Pharmaceutical company Merck has announced in a press release that its experimental COVID-19 pill reduced hospitalizations and deaths by half in people recently infected with the coronavirus. If approved, the drug would be the first pill shown to treat COVID-19. Dr. Bill Petri, infectious disease professor at the University of Virginia, says that’s a big step in coronavirus therapy. “I could envision, in the future, we’ll have like one pill that combines what Merck is doing with what Pfizer is doing and that’s exactly how we’re able to cure Hepatitis C virus today for example,” Petri said.
There is no national database that tracks the number of conservatorships and guardianships in the United States. Naomi Cahn, professor of law at the University of Virginia, said the federal government does not mandate states to report how many conservatorships there are.
There is no national database that tracks the number of conservatorships and guardianships in the United States. Naomi Cahn, professor of law at the University of Virginia, said the federal government does not mandate states to report how many conservatorships there are.
(Co-written by Bidhan “Bobby” Parmer, associate professor in the Darden School of Business) To avoid ethical lapses, organizations need to build systems that help to protect against preventable errors and to recover from ones that are unforeseeable.
(By Mary C. Gentile, Richard M. Waitzer Bicentennial Professor of Ethics at the Darden School of Business) Leaders who want to instill an ethical culture can encourage their organization’s personnel to give voice to their values.
(Commentary by Nicholas Sargen, lecturer at the Darden School of Business) The term “global supply chain disruption” has been cited frequently as one of the main consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. But what exactly does the term mean, and why does it matter?
Cale Jaffe, associate professor of law and director of the Environmental Law and Community Engagement Clinic at the University of Virginia: As an environmental lawyer focused on coalition-building, what I really hear in this question is a plea to do something about the climate crisis. Isn’t there some all-powerful hammer—the proverbial silver bullet—that we can use to bring this spiraling problem under control? It seems like we need one.
(Video; commentary by Jennifer Lawless, chair of the Department of Politics) University of Virginia Political Science Chair Jennifer Lawless appeared on GoLocal LIVE on Thursday, where she discussed the gridlock in Washington as Democrats — who control the House and Senate — are still negotiating the price tag of the social spending bill on the Hill.
The University of Virginia Department of Drama is returning to the stage this season. It will be putting on several plays, highlighting the challenges people face through their lives and celebrating human resilience, with in-person performances at the Ruth Caplin and Culbreath theaters. “There is a richness in gathering together, in sharing a communal experience and being able to laugh and to cry,” said Artistic Director Marianne Kubik. “We are thrilled to share that experience with audiences this year with a season of shows that allows us all to explore where we’ve been, where we are, and whe...
The diagnosis was clear: UVA Health’s emergency department was seeing 60,000 patients a year, a figure 50% higher than its intended capacity. Tasked with devising a solution was longtime collaborator Perkins&Will, and its 440,000-square-foot expansion—the largest in the modern history of the University of Virginia’s medical system and the winner of the IIDA competition’s health care category—would add 180 much-needed beds to the Charlottesville campus.
There are pregnant women being treated for COVID-19 in the ICU at the University of Virginia Medical Center, creating a challenging combination for staff. “The particular risk is when oxygen levels go down, that’s a risk to the baby,” Dr. Taison Bell said. “When our patients are in the ICU, we actually have crash carts ready just for the baby in case we have to deliver them on the drop of a dime because you don’t have a lot of time when those oxygen levels go down.”
When a hurricane churns an ocean and sends waves crashing onto the shore, chaos ensues but eventually calm is restored. At least until the next storm. It’s much the same way with the coronavirus pandemic. Multiple waves bring about sickness and death until eventually waning. The latest wave — created by the highly transmissible delta variant — only caused about 40% of cases compared to last winter’s surge, the University of Virginia’s Biocomplexity Institute reported Friday. At least so far.
Infectious disease modelers at the University of Virginia’s Biocomplexity Institute are concerned the pandemic could mimic last year and skyrocket around Thanksgiving. If it does, the upturn could handily surpass January’s peak, due to the more contagious strain, according to a new analysis.
The number of COVID-19 cases in Virginia has entered a sustained period of decline, with 20 out of the state’s 35 health districts reporting declining positive case numbers, according to the University of Virginia Biocomplexity Institute and the Virginia Department of Health.
Dry macular degeneration is a debilitating eye disease that affects millions of Americans. Now, researchers at the University of Virginia believe they have discovered a way to help these patients.
Barnett has found in his research that preschool teachers with four-year degrees are more effective in the classroom than teachers without that level of education. Researchers from George Mason University and University of Virginia also studied how Black and Latino children in Miami fared in several types of publicly funded preschool programs based in public schools, center-based care or home-based child care. Public pre-K programs required teachers to have four-year degrees. They found that “Black and Latino children in public school-based pre-K programs consistently demonstrated greater kind...
Promising news in the effort to develop drugs to treat obesity: University of Virginia scientists have identified 14 genes that can cause and three that can prevent weight gain. The findings pave the way for treatments to combat a health problem that affects more than 40% of American adults.
A new University of Virginia Center For Politics report found that 52% of Trump voters support seceding from the Union.
More than half of Trump voters (52%) and 41% of Biden voters expressed support for cleaving the country along political lines, according to a new poll from the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics.
A majority of people who voted for former President Donald Trump are in favor of breaking up the country, a new poll from the University of Virginia Center for Politics has found.