David Toscano ought to be the most comfortable Democrat in Virginia. He represents a university town so deeply blue that Republicans aren’t bothering to challenge him for reelection to the General Assembly. From his perch as minority leader in the House of Delegates, Toscano shapes his party’s strategy and priorities. But he has been put on notice: Toscano has a primary opponent, a fellow Democrat trying to unseat him. And his opponent’s message is that there should be no comfortable Democrats right now. “That has to be at least a little bit disconcerting for Toscano,” said political analyst G...
One of the things the students noticed was that the policies and practices in the elementary schools seem to be more effective than those in the middle and high schools. Dewey Cornell, a professor at UVA’s Curry School of Education, said he’s seen a similar trend.
Room-sharing with infants at ages 4 months and 9 months was linked to less nighttime sleep, shorter sleep stretches, and unsafe sleep practices previously associated with SIDS, reported researchers. Writing in an accompanying editorial, Dr. Rachel Y. Moon of UVA and colleagues wrote that the findings are important "particularly to exhausted parents."
Rachel Y. Moon, professor of pediatrics at the UVA School of Medicine, speaking for the AAP, said the fall recommendations gave parents more flexibility – 6 months to a year of room-sharing – and for now, they will remain. However, Moon agreed that more study is needed. She said existing studies have conflicted with each other on mothers’ sleep experiences, and while room-sharing parents may be more sleep-deprived, “we don’t know that for sure.”
The issue prompted a heated exchange on CNN last week, with UVA political professor Larry Sabato accusing a pair of CNN hosts of perpetrating a false equivalence in arguing that Democrats were as likely as Republicans to promote violence and use violent rhetoric. "I'm not going to deny that American history is dotted with examples of legislators and congressmen getting into fights of one sort or another," Sabato told hosts John Berman and Poppy Harlow.
The Corporate Prosecution Registry – created at the UVA Law School by Professor Brandon L. Garrett and librarian Jon Ashley – is searchable, sortable and downloadable. Garrett said he and Ashley created the database because “we want people to know what types of corporations get prosecuted, how much they pay, and what the crimes are.”
Daily Kos Elections reports that, as of May 25, there had been 18 special elections for Congressional and state legislative seats. Democrats have done better than Clinton in 12, averaging a margin of 11 percentage points better than their 2016 presidential nominee. That led Kyle Kondik, the managing editor of the Crystal Ball newsletter from UVA’s Center for Politics, to conclude: “Democrats can point to overall special election trends that suggest the opportunity for significant gains next year if they can be replicated on a nationalized scale.”
Dr. Craig Portell of the UVA Health System highlights some of the latest and most exciting treatments in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, including CAR-T therapies and targeted therapies such as venetoclax.
The twin epidemics of diabetes and obesity sweeping the country have forced a re-evaluation of the American diet, including the notion that fruit juice is a healthy alternative to soda. In a recent op-ed in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Heather Ferris, an assistant professor at the UVA Medical School, and two co-authors recommended that fruit juice be cut from the federal Women, Infants, and Children supplemental nutrition program for low-income families.
The study didn't look at how having a baby in the room affects sleep for parents. Dr. Fern Hauck, a UVA professor of family medicine and public health sciences, said the study raises questions about the safety of room-sharing, especially because of the evidence it can lead to the potentially dangerous habit of bed-sharing. But the differences in sleep among the room-sharers at 4 months were small, said Hauck, co-author of a commentary accompanying the study.
Those babies who shared a room were more likely to be brought into the parents’ bed overnight. They were also more likely to sleep with objects like pillows, blankets and stuffed animals. Both practices have been linked to sudden infant death, including by suffocation. “This is important information,” said Dr. Rachel Moon, a UVA professor of pediatrics who co-authored the American Academy of Pediatrics’ latest recommendation. “We don’t have enough info about downstream effects about what we’ve recommended.”
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that preschoolers should drink low-fat milk instead of whole milk because of the low calories. However, a new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition states that whole milk may actually be better. If you are still not sold on whole milk, a study from the University of Virginia found that weight gain was not restrained when obese children drank 1 percent milk or skim milk.
Researchers at UVA and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have developed a new, non-invasive and non-toxic genetic therapeutic technique to restore dopaminergic neuron function in rats suffering from Parkinson's disease.
University of Virginia Rector William H. Goodwin will not serve another term on the university’s board of visitors. Goodwin’s term as rector expires at the end of this month, but he was eligible for reappointment to the board. Goodwin said he did not seek out reappointment from Gov. Terry McAuliffe.
The old coaches say, never follow a legend. Instead, young coach Andres Pedroso embraces the thought. With an agglomeration of Virginia’s national championship trophies as a backdrop at Boar’s Head Sports Club on Thursday, Pedroso launched his career as the Cavaliers’ new director of tennis and men’s head coach.
Two Danville sisters recently completed one part of a journey to help others achieve their dreams by becoming first-generation college graduates from the University of Virginia. On May 21, Tonyette and Shontell White walked across the Lawn and became UVA graduates.
Mild traumatic brain injury is one of the most common types of neurological disorders, yet one of the least understood. UVA is part of a national effort to map the brain in greater detail – a project that could go a long way in helping the medical community understand, diagnose and treat TBI.
Welcome to “Ask a Professor,” our new series that offers an insider’s view of life in academia. This month we interviewed Lise Dobrin, associate professor and director of the Interdepartmental Program in Linguistics at the University of Virginia’s Department of Anthropology.
According to Scott Ransom, an astronomer from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory and University of Virginia, who was not part of either research group, both aligned and non-aligned black hole pairs should exist in our universe. However, scientists aren't sure which scenario is more likely to happen yet. This is an important detail that can teach us more about the dynamics of our universe, and so far we can only detect the spins of black holes using the brand new technique of gravitational wave measurements.
Did Jeff Sessions commit perjury? Attorney general faces new scrutiny over Russia ambassador meeting
Attorney General Jeff Sessions came under fire in March when it was revealed that he had talked with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak twice during the 2016 campaign – despite saying under oath at his confirmation hearing that he had not. But would Sessions' failure to disclose his contacts with Kislyak really constitute perjury? It's hard to say. But Saikrishna Prakash, UVA’s James Monroe distinguished professor of law, says that proving perjury is "extremely difficult." "The difficulty is the mental state," Prakash said. "You have to prove that the person 'willfully' knew that the state...