While McAuliffe has maintained a small leader among registered voters in recent polling -- a Monmouth University poll conducted in late September found the Democrat with a 48% to 43% lead over Youngkin -- a string of national polls has found Biden’s approval down since August, with a NPR/PBS/Marist poll in late September finding 46% of Americans approving of the way the President has done his job and 46% disapproving. Biden’s approval was markedly higher in early 2021 and through July. “It is hurting McAuliffe, there is just no question about it,” said Larry Sabato, director of the Center for ...
Trump, who retains an iron grip on the Republican faithful and is all but certain to be the party’s presidential nominee if he does decide to run, appears to be setting the stage for the “Big Lie 2.0,” said Foley. The strategy includes replacing Republican state election officials such as Brad Raffensperger, the Georgia secretary of state who refused to do Trump’s bidding in 2020 and “find” 11,780 votes, with candidates who are diehard supporters. “Once you have that person in charge you have somebody who has great influence on how the election is conducted, how the votes are counted, who’s de...
Experts say if the pair of bills is successful, it would not only be a needed win for Biden, who has struggled in recent polls, but it could be a boost to Democrats in upcoming elections. “In the end, your legacy is determined by what you actually do, not the way something is spun, but what you actually accomplish,” said Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics. “So the larger the amount, presumably the more that would be done and attributed to the Biden administration.”
As Larry Merkel, professor of psychiatry and neurobehavioral sciences and director of outreach at the University of Virginia, told 2021 Annual Psychiatric Times World CME Conference attendees, working with culturally different patients can be challenging and rewarding, but rarely avoided in current day psychiatry. “Everyone’s backgrounds are very complicated, multi-layered, and dynamic,” said Merkel. “No person has influences these days from just 1 culture—we live in multiple cultures.”
So far this year, just two Hollywood releases have cracked the top 10 at the overall China box office: “F9” and “Godzilla vs. Kong.” “There are Chinese blockbusters that Chinese filmmakers are making that people want to watch, and they feel less derivative than those made in Hollywood,” said Aynne Kokas, a media studies professor at the University of Virginia and the author of the book “Hollywood Made in China.”
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.