The rise of Telegram has worried researchers who say it will be difficult to hold the company accountable. “That is the biggest fear,” said David Nemer, an assistant professor of media studies at the University of Virginia. “They have no representation in Brazil. You can’t hold them accountable judicially. You can’t sue them.”
“From the signals that we’ve seen so far in the U.K. and South Africa, we can expect to see more breakthrough infections with omicron, and there’s a good chance that it is probably going to become the dominant strain, at least for now, and overtake delta,” Dr. Taison Bell, assistant professor of medicine in the divisions of infectious diseases and international health and pulmonary and critical care medicine at UVA, said.
(Commentary by Nicholas Sargen, lecturer in the Darden School of Business) As investors assess what is in store for 2022, they should not lose sight of what has transpired over the past two years. What stands out is that the COVID-19 pandemic is different than any prior global shock in the last 50 years. When it struck in early 2020, the economy suffered its steepest decline on record as businesses and schools were shuttered. But it also rebounded quickly as businesses reopened, and it has since recouped all of the output declines and most job losses. The economy has also experienced the steep...
With the holidays right around the corner, medical experts are warning of a COVID-19 winter surge. They say the time to get boosted before the holidays is running out and when you do, the mRNA vaccines like Pfizer and Moderna are now preferred over Johnson and Johnson.
The North Carolina Courage participated in their sixth NWSL Draft tonight, selecting Emily Gray, [former UVA star] Diana Ordoñez, Kaitlin Fregulia, Haleigh Stackpole, and Marisa Bova ahead of the 2022 season. With their sixth overall pick in the first round, the Courage selected Ordoñez, a forward from the University of Virginia. A Prosper, TX native, Ordoñez scored 45 goals, 15 of those being game-winners, and tallied 102 points for the Cavaliers.
(Commentary) Educational gaps have been blown wide open, and this will have terrible repercussions for society as a whole. Because of school closures, the average student is predicted to have lost as much as a third of their progress in reading, and more than half of their progress in math, according to a paper produced by a working paper from Brown University and the University of Virginia.
A study from the University of Virginia suggests well-being programs in hospitals and other health care settings can not only prevent staff from leaving their place of work, but can also retain employees and help keep patients safe.
Using data from more than 53,000 women ages 15 to 49 in the National Survey of Family Growth from 1995 to 2019, demographer Lyman Stone and UVA sociologist W. Bradford Wilcox found religious Americans are less likely to divorce even though they are more prone to marry in their 20s.
Improvements in containment of the pollutants, and changes to the industrial processes that produce them, can also help reduce exposure. But even if measures are perfectly implemented, Dr. Joan Schiller will not breathe easy. An adjunct professor of oncology at UVA, Schiller has researched the role of airborne particulate matter in causing cancer, a correlation barely mentioned in the ProPublica analysis, she pointed out.
(Press release) The upgrade includes several new or improved technologies resulting from NRAO’s collaboration with the University of Virginia’s Innovations in Fabrication Laboratory.
Friday’s report from the University of Virginia’s Biocomplexity Institute shows 21 of 35 health districts across Virginia — including Danville and Pittsylvania County — in a surge. UVA defines this as a doubling of cases based on a 100,000-population scale.
In a new model released Friday, the Biocomplexity Institute at the University of Virginia suggests that the spread of Omicron could trigger a wave of cases early next year that will surpass the prior peak of January 2021. “Even if Omicron’s severity is similar to or lower than seasonal flu’s we find ourselves in much the same place as early in the pandemic,” the institute reported. “Omicron is showing a propensity to evade immunity provided by natural infection and by unboosted vaccination. In affected countries it has spread much faster than previous variants. ... Cases may peak almost three ...
Already in a COVID-19 surge heading into the holidays, Friday’s projection from the University of Virginia is anything but merry and bright. It’s a stark contrast from just two weeks ago when it appeared cases were expected to climb into next year, but a large surge wasn’t likely. Now with omicron — a new variant rapidly circulating — one model shows it’s possible by February for COVID-19 infections to be three times higher than the records set last winter.
This is no ordinary edge-of-the-holiday candle-creating operation. This is more than a business. This is a school, an occupational training program and a job skills education center all in one. This is VIAble Ventures, the business and training arm of the Virginia Institute of Autism’s Center for Adolescent and Adult Autism Services. The venture was spawned through a 2018 Innovation Laboratory, or i.Lab, program at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business that focused on developing microbusinesses and enterprises for nonprofits.
At the University of Virginia, officials said there are no changes to January teaching plans.
If you followed the UVA football team this year, then you know they scored a lot of points, but what you may not have known is that every touchdown they scored translated to 10 turkeys going on the plates of families in need.
Doctors at UVA Health say people who have not yet gotten a COVID-19 booster shot should do so before they hit the road for the upcoming holiday.
Jingle and sleigh bells may be ringing later on this holiday week, but COVID-19 alarm bells sounded Friday with the latest report from the University of Virginia Biocomplexity Institute.
Aaron Jay Ledesma knew that [UVA alumnus] Timothy-Keith Schau Earley would one day be his husband on their fourth date.
(Audio and transcript) A Q&A with UVA Law alumnus Ryan Melogy, founder and chief legal officer of Maritime Legal Aid and advocacy.