The UVA Medical Center reported an average daily census for the Feb. 5-11 period of 511.1, 83.2% of its 614-bed capacity. The average number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients at UVA for the period was 45.9, up slightly from last week’s average of 44.1.
While they wait, both shelters said they’re educating guests on vaccine efforts, through support from UVA. “In places like The Haven and other shelters and other congregate settings, it’s very important that providers in those settings are vaccinated. I think that’s been a priority group in the Blue Ridge Health District, and I know at UVA, that we’ve supported those vaccine efforts, I think including vaccinating staff from the Haven. I may be mistaken, but that’s been part of our commitment,” said Dr. Costi Sifri, a lead epidemiologist at UVA Health.
UVA Health is sharing the latest updates on vaccination efforts and new concerns about COVID-19 variants in Virginia. Dr. Costi Sifri, the director of hospital epidemiology, says when it comes to COVID-19 vaccines, the issue continues to be limited supply. As for the virus itself, the possibility of variants is also troubling many medical experts.
UVA Health gave an update on the treatment of COVID-19 patients and the capacity of local facilities, including the Intensive Care Unit.
(Commentary) On April 30, 1789 – during the first inauguration in American history – Washington “probably gave his inaugural speech with teeth that were from people who were enslaved.” And it was “grim.” If you don’t believe me, read “Did George Washington’s False Teeth Come From His ‘Slaves?’” written by acclaimed author, historical essayist, and University of Virginia’s Martha Washington Papers Project Research Editor Kathryn Gehred.
While the Vermont Senate bill does not mention data about students’ experiences with or views on school resource officers, it does cite the 2020 Virginia Secondary School Climate Survey conducted by UVA’s School of Education and Human Development, which found that 85% of staff “somewhat to strongly agree” that SROs make them feel safer at school, and 90% saying SROs make a positive contribution to the school.
(Commentary) Researchers from UVA and James Madison University followed 165 adolescents as they aged from 13 to 30 to learn what best predicted who would experience satisfying romantic relationships in their late 20s and into adulthood. It turns out the best practice comes from friendships. The study’s lead researcher, Joseph P. Allen, UVA’s Hugh P. Kelly Professor of Psychology, says the “greater stability found in same-gender friendships, allows for more long-term practice with the kinds of give-and-take needed to successfully handle romantic relationships in adulthood.”
The FDA authorization follows a steadily increasing deployment of predictive tools in the emergency department, ICU and other hospital areas where patients might be at risk of sudden decline. UVA Health has rolled out an AI-based predictive analytics tool that monitors COVID-19 patients continuously and predicts whether they are likely to decline. The system, known as CoMET, delivers a graphic summarizing a given patient’s status, drawing on data from patients’ EHRs such as EKGs, lab results and vital signs.
Even UVA professor Ben Castleman, the founder and director of Nudge4, which studies low-cost behavioral interventions, is coming to the conclusion that expensive, intensive advising programs are the best way to help more low-income students obtain a college degree. In a November study, he argued that they’re ultimately more cost-effective.
UVA’s Descendant Outreach Program is shedding light on the lives and history of enslaved laborers at the university. New research, presented by Dr. Shelley Murphy in a virtual webinar Saturday morning, traces a genealogical line between families in Louisa County to enslaved laborers who worked on the University’s Grounds.
A Friday report from UVA’s Biocomplexity Institute, which monitors the virus’s progression, provided a warning to the promising trends: If residents ignore the COVID-19 restrictions, the state could close in on a peak as high as January’s.
New cases are declining statewide, according to UVA’s COVID-19 Model published Friday on the Virginia Department of Health’s website. “The majority of model projection scenarios predict we are past the peak,” the update says.
UVA officials are considering raising undergraduate tuition and fees as much as 3.1% for the next school year, but the exact amount will depend on how much money the state gives to the school and if costs increase. The Board of Visitors will hold a virtual public comment session Wednesday from noon to 1 p.m. and will provide more information about the tuition request and process.
The more infectious UK variant of the COVID-19 virus has been identified on the UVA Grounds, officials confirmed on Friday.
UVA on Friday announced the new U.K. variant of COVID-19 is present in the “University community.” The University did not immediately respond to questions regarding how many people have the new variant nor whether those people are students or staff.
UVA on Friday announced the new U.K. variant of COVID-19 is present in the “University community.” The University did not immediately respond to questions regarding how many people have the new variant nor whether those people are students or staff.
Casual displays of affection weren’t always so commonplace for first couples. According to Dr. Barbara Perry, director of presidential studies at UVA’s Miller Center, it was the sexual revolution of the 1960s that redefined standards for how all Americans – including commanders in chief – could interact with their spouses in public.
Jack Hamilton, UVA associate professor of media and American studies and author of “Just Around Midnight: Rock and Roll and the Racial Imagination,” said that American popular music and Black music are, and always will be, bonded together. “It’s literally impossible to imagine the music industry of today without the influence of Black artists and Black culture,” he said. “The history of American popular music and the history of Black American music are essentially inseparable – there isn’t a single genre of contemporary popular music that isn’t fundamentally rooted in Black musical traditions....
A trio of indicators show that the COVID-19 pandemic may be easing its grip on Virginia and Northern Virginia, according to new reports Saturday and analysis from the University of Virginia.
The history of social activism in sports runs deep, and players have used their platform to spotlight injustice. So when deadly protests erupted near the University of Virginia three years ago, Los Angeles Rams linebacker Micah Kiser felt compelled to answer the call.