Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors may help prevent dry macular degeneration, according to researchers at the University of Virginia.
A new study comprised of more than 100 million adults in America finds that HIV drugs may prevent vision loss. It was led by a University of Virginia doctor.
According to Hamilton Lombard, a researcher at UVA’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, his study indicates the homeschooling (for K-12 children) and telecommuting that has prevailed since March 2020 could be here to stay.
A team of UVA researchers have developed an AI system that attempts to detect and quantify the physiological signs associated with racial bias. In other words, they’re building a wearable device that tries to identify when you’re having racist thoughts.
Clinical trials at UVA suggest Regeneron’s antibody cocktail treatment is 100% effective in blocking symptomatic COVID-19 infections. Dr. William Petri, a trial leader, said the treatment will greatly help prevent the spread of the virus between household members, especially for those who may be caring for infected family members.
An antibody cocktail in phase three trials at UVA Health may be able to prevent significant reactions to the coronavirus or prevent people from contracting the virus altogether.
UVA Health is testing an antibody cocktail that so far has blocked 100% of symptomatic COVID-19 cases among people who were exposed to the coronavirus.
An antibody cocktail now used to treat patients fighting COVID-19 could help prevent infections in those living with or caring for COVID patients, University of Virginia researchers involved in studying the drug say.
Among the VIPs of the National Football League in Tampa for Super Bowl LV will be a lifetime Washingtonian who is a powerful force in professional football. He’s not a star quarterback or powerful lineman, a well-known coach or an owner. DeMaurice Smith, a UVA Law alumnus, is the executive director of the NFL Players Association, one of the oldest and most influential labor unions in sports.
Researchers use a basic model as a platform to address whatever specific question they need to answer. For pandemic-related questions, they specify realistic probabilities, based on available data, that each cyber-person will do things like wear a mask or refuse a vaccine, given their age, ethnicity and location. Then they turn their agents loose to go to work (at office or home), shop, meet friends and carry out all the other activities of daily life. “I call that putting agents in motion. You have to make the city come alive, because that’s where the action is,” says Madhav Marathe of UVA’s ...
There are many reasons to breathe a sigh of relief after you get your second COVID-19 vaccination, but a UVA Health doctor says life will not return back to normal immediately after receiving both doses. “Once we’ve seen the vaccine behave in the real-world conditions, we’ll get a better sense of can it prevent you from getting infected and can it prevent you from spreading if you were to get infected,” Dr. Taison Bell, a UVA assistant professor of medicine, said.
Older people and patients in long-term care facilities often face the issue of loneliness, which has been made worse by restrictions put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has prevented in-person visits in hospitals and nursing homes, but patients don't always have other means to connect to their loved ones. "Hearing that people were in isolation and unable to connect with their loved ones was just heartbreaking," said University of Virginia graduate Sara Rodell.
“We recognize that these guidelines are sometimes difficult to follow, but they are the best strategy to protect your baby for a sudden and unexpected death. We urge parents and other caregivers to follow these guidelines at nap time and night time,” says Rachel Y. Moon, pediatrician and safe infant sleep researcher at the UVA School of Medicine.
“There is a divide between Republican elites and the voters,” J Miles Coleman, an analyst at UVA’s Center for Politics, told Al Jazeera. “You still have this faction in the House, like Marjorie Taylor Greene, who are still on the Trump train.”
(Commentary by Jeff Bergner, an adjunct professor in the Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy) It is a media commonplace that Joe Biden faces a uniquely daunting set of challenges. Some have gone so far as to compare his challenges with those of Abraham Lincoln, conveniently forgetting Reconstruction, World War I, the Great Depression, World War II, the Cold War, the difficult passage of civil rights legislation, Vietnam and 9/11, to name but a few of the many serious challenges the country has faced.
(Co-written by Ben Castleman, associate professor of education and public policy) Policymakers are increasingly looking to workforce training for displaced workers as one solution to a faster economic recovery. Though workforce training recruitment often targets individuals who never attended college as a young adult, even individuals who already hold a postsecondary credential may need additional training to recover from current unemployment and to prepare for the post-COVID-19 economy.
UVA Health’s emergency department and in-patient bed tower offers an enhanced and dignified experience for patients and staff. The expansion connects patients and staff to the calming effects of nature, reduces environmental impact, allows for greater flexibility in use of space, and accommodates evolving medical technology and best practices. At the heart of the design approach are positive patient, family and staff experiences.
The University of Virginia was recently awarded a $718,000, three-year grant from the Nuclear Energy University Program to use corrosion science to help identify potential at-risk canisters used to store spent nuclear fuel.
Blindness due to age-related dry macular degeneration robs over 200 million people worldwide of being able to do the simplest tasks they used to take for granted, such as driving or playing with their grandkids. Currently, there is no approved treatment for AMD. A group of drugs used to treat HIV that block DNA synthesis in the cytoplasm can be repurposed to treat an advanced form of AMD called geographic atrophy, a new UVA study suggests.
There’s new hope for people suffering from vision loss or dry macular degeneration thanks to drugs used to treat HIV. “This is a huge unmet medical need. There are no approved treatments for dry macular degeneration in America or anywhere. We desperately need treatments for all these people who are potentially going blind from this disease,” Dr. Jayakrishna Ambati, professor of ophthalmology and director of the Center for Advanced Vision Science at the University of Virginia, said.