“If we’re thinking about them acting unilaterally, they have very few tools,” said Bill Antholis, at UVA’s Miller Center. He said that’s especially true when the economy is in crisis. “Their ability to perfectly correct the crisis is extremely limited,” Antholis said.
With James Harding joining Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving to form the NBA’s latest Big 3, Brooklyn Nets small forward [and UVA alumnus] Joe Harris’ importance to the team’s title aspirations should not be minimized.
Few of the anchors who lead news shows on live-streaming services or social-media outlets are typically part of a TV network’s biggest broadcasts and special reports. Since 2019, however, UVA alumna Linsey Davis has appeared alongside George Stephanopoulos and David Muir to help anchor presidential debates, election coverage and other critical news events, placing a spotlight on the company’s streaming efforts at a time when rivals are also working furiously to lure new viewers to their own broadband offerings.
In May, [UVA alumnus] Dr. Francis Collins, the longtime head of the National Institutes of Health, was called to the White House to meet with Jared Kushner, the then-President’s son-in-law and adviser, and Dr. Deborah Birx, the head of the White House Coronavirus Task Force. A few weeks earlier, Congress had given the NIH $1.5 billion to try to speed up the process of developing new diagnostic tests for COVID-19, and the White House, which was dubious about increasing the rate of testing, wanted to know more about what the NIH was doing.
For the first time in its history, the Virginia Law Review has a Black editor-in-chief. Tiffany Mickel is a second-year student at the University of Virginia School of Law.
On Jan. 26, the Fluvanna Chapter of the NAACP hosted a forum on Zoom with medical experts from UVA and the Blue Ridge Health District, associated with the Virginia Department of Health, discussing questions regarding the COVID-19 vaccines and vaccinations. The panel included Dr. Taison Bell, an assistant professor of medicine in the divisions of Infectious Diseases and International Health and in pulmonary and critical care medicine at UVA, and Dr. Cameron Webb, who is a practicing internist, assistant professor, the director of health policy and equity at UVA’s School of Medicine.
Speech-language pathologists rely on the totality of the face during sessions, but with the requirements of a mask, a local speech-language pathologist has had to get creative. “For example in a clinic visit, I will come in, sit down and greet the child and I kind of talk to the parent get the back information that I need,” said Kathleen Borowitz, a speech-language pathologist at UVA Children’s. “Then, I will engage the child either just some real basic conversations things I know that they will be able to answer.”
(Commentary) David Nemer, UVA assistant professor of communication, said that there is no single explanation to understand how conspiracies spread. The two most common ways they spread, however, are through the action of organized groups seeking to impose an agenda on a global scale and individuals who seek information (such as parents trying to understand more about their children's autism).
A new public awareness campaign aims to urge people to call 911 for emergency medical care if they are experiencing the symptoms of a heart attack or stroke. According to a release, the American Heart Association and UVA’s Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital created the campaign, which is called “Don’t Die of Doubt.”
Acting FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel and FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks met virtually with the UVA Karen S. Rheuban Center for Telehealth on Tuesday to discuss the telemedicine work that is being done at UVA and how it’s expanding virtual services for patients.
UVA economics and education professor Sarah Turner shares some of Rothstein’s concerns. As more institutions shifted to test-optional admissions amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Turner wrote a column in which she outlined why this system may not increase opportunities for low-income students
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.