(Commentary by M. Jordan Love, academic curator at The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia) It is an unusual feeling as a medieval art specialist for my subject to suddenly feel globally significant. I suspect some of my colleagues in Renaissance art feel this as well. For those of us who have studied art created after the Black Death of 1348, or the Plague of London in 1665, or during the wave of epidemics that washed over Italian cities every few years between 1500-1700, our current pandemic has felt familiar and brought our knowledge to the forefront.
A University of Virginia researcher says hiking and muscle-building exercise may reduce the risk of acute respiratory distress syndrome, a major cause of death in COVID-19 patients. A recent study by Zhen Yan of the UVA School of Medicine indicated regular aerobic and weightlifting exercise increase the body’s production of a powerful antioxidant that protects body tissue and fights disease.
A new paper from the emergency medicine doctors highlights that the coronavirus can cause cardiovascular complications including heart attacks, heart failures and blood clots, which in turn can lead to strokes. The new paper from UVA Health’s Dr. William Brady and colleagues aims to serve as a guide for emergency medicine doctors treating patients who may have or are known to have COVID-19.
Data from UVA’s Biocomplexity Institute show that roughly a third of the commonwealth’s health districts are showing “sustained growth” in COVID-19 cases – what computational epidemiologist Bryan Lewis said could be described as a surge. “We are not out of the woods yet,” said Madhav Marathe, director of the institute’s Network Systems Science and Advanced Computing Division.
Coming in at #1 in Virginia with a 27% acceptance rate, the University of Virginia was founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson. According to the U.S. News & World Report, 2020, UVA is the fourth-best public university. The University of Virginia offers almost 80 undergraduate majors for incoming students. In response to the coronavirus pandemic, UVA is actually partnering with the Virginia Department of Health to collect COVID-19 data.
Dewey Cornell, director of the Youth Violence Project and a professor at UVA’s Curry School of Education and Human Development, said it’s important for schools to look at their individual survey results to assess their SRO program and learn why students felt safer or didn’t.
Officials with the UVA Medical Center and Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital say they have seen a spike in people seeking care for chronic health issues – care that was delayed during the first few months of the pandemic.
Daniel Synder hired Beth Wilkinson, partner of Wilkinson and Walsh, a Washington-based law firm, to conduct an independent review of the club’s culture and the allegations of workplace misconduct. Issacson and Wilkinson both graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law and won The American Lawyer’s Litigator(s) of the Year award in 2016
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given clearance to an allergy blood test developed by Thermo Fisher Scientific to detect allergy to red meat. The company’s ImmunoCAP Specific IgE alpha-Gal Allergen Component test has been cleared for in vitro diagnostic use by the federal regulatory agency. “Alpha-gal is dramatically different from other forms of food allergy,” said Thomas Platts-Mills, professor of medicine and microbiology at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and a leading researcher on the topic. “Previously healthy adults can suddenly develop potentially life-thr...
Families who stayed put in cities during the pandemic are rediscovering new ways to appreciate their neighborhoods and even their homes. “OK, we’re stuck in the city and we’re going to just drift our way through the summer and hope we don’t kill each other before the summer is over,” said Claudia W. Allen, a clinical psychologist and the director of the Family Stress Clinic at the UVA School of Medicine.
As American school officials debate when it will be safe for schoolchildren to return to classrooms, looking abroad may offer insights. Sweden had over 70,000 COVID-19 cases as of July 21, which puts it in the middle of the pack in Europe, according to a joint study from Sweden’s Upsala University and the University of Virginia.
House race ratings are continuing to shift in the favor of Democrats, the latest coming from Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia. With the exception of Democrat Ron Kind’s race in Wisconsin’s 3rd District, seven House seats moved toward Democrats. Iowa’s open seat in the 2nd District and Democrat incumbent Xochitl Torres Small’s race in New Mexico’s 2nd District changed from “Toss-Up” to “Leans Democratic.” In Texas, Republican Chip Roy’s race against Democrat Wendy Davis shifted from “Leans Republican” to “Toss-up.”
Sabato’s Crystal Ball, a project of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, changed Iowa’s 2nd District race from a toss-up to “leans Democratic.”
When well-traveled writer and accomplished musician Paul Bowles began his college years by attending University of Virginia, his main reason for choosing the university in particular was that Edgar Allen Poe was an alumnus.
(Podcast) White actors have recently been stepping down from voicing characters of color. UVA professor Shilpa Davé explains the harmful stereotype she calls “brown voice” and recommends a Netflix show that captures the Indian-American coming-of-age experience.
Researchers found the virus that causes COVID-19 in the middle ear and mastoid during autopsies of patients with COVID-19, prompting a recommendation to health care providers to take precautions when treating ear conditions. Dr. Bradley Kesser of the University of Virginia trumpeted the findings as “News flash!” in his accompanying editorial.
(Commnetary by Cale Jaffe, associate professor of law and the director of the Environmental Law and Community Engagement Clinic at UVA) The Supreme Court appears inconsistently enthusiastic about federal regulation and state-centric environmentalism.
(Commnetary by Cale Jaffe, associate professor of law and the director of the Environmental Law and Community Engagement Clinic at UVA) The Supreme Court appears inconsistently enthusiastic about federal regulation and state-centric environmentalism.
Good health and a happy outlook on life may seem like equally worthy, yet independent goals. Over the course of six months, Kostadin Kushlev and his colleagues at the University of Virginia and the University of British Columbia examined how improving the subjective well-being of people who were not hospitalized or otherwise undergoing medical treatment affected their physical health.
Every year since 1993, Dairy Queen has partnered with The Children’s Miracle Network to raise money for 170 children’s hospitals in the United States and Canada. In Virginia, Dairy Queens raise money specifically for UVA Children’s, usually through an annual Miracle Treat Day. This year, because of the coronavirus, Miracle Treat Day could not happen, but that has not stopped DQ from raising money.