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Peter Tuerk, a leading expert on the use of telehealth in clinical psychology, shares how the pandemic has already made lasting changes in how we treat mental health.

Q&A: Treating Mental Health in the Time of Coronavirus

Peter Tuerk, a leading expert on the use of telehealth in clinical psychology, shares how the pandemic has already made lasting changes in how we treat mental health.

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UV light is lethal to the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Now, a robot is deploying the light as an efficient decontaminant.

Mechanical Engineers Develop Coronavirus Decontamination Robot

UV light is lethal to the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Now, a robot is deploying the light as an efficient decontaminant.

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Inspired by his daughter and many others, Pelphrey has become one of the nation’s leading autism researchers and an adviser to the federal government. He explains four key advances in understanding the disorder.

Four Reasons for Optimism from Autism Researcher Kevin Pelphrey

Inspired by his daughter and many others, Pelphrey has become one of the nation’s leading autism researchers and an adviser to the federal government.

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The statewide effort will estimate the number of cases that were asymptomatic or untested.

COVID-19: Antibody Testing to Reveal Extent of Infections Across Virginia

The statewide effort will estimate the number of cases that were asymptomatic or untested.

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The proposals selected for funding support improved antibody testing, vaccine development and improving patient outcomes.

Eight Research Projects Receive Funding from Manning Fund for COVID-19 Research

The proposals selected for funding support improved antibody testing, vaccine development and improving patient outcomes.

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Many myths surround obesity, but one fact is clear – it makes COVID-19 harder to fight.

Facts and Myths About Obesity, Emerging as a Key Factor in COVID-19 Hospitalization

Many myths surround obesity, but one fact is clear – it makes COVID-19 harder to fight.

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Recovery from life-altering muscle injury may become possible through a technology under development at UVA.

Engineers Develop Device to Automate Tissue Manufacturing for Muscle Repair

Recovery from life-altering muscle injury may become possible through a technology under development at UVA.

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UVA Health stroke expert Dr. Andrew Southerland helped write new recommendations from the American Heart Association’s Stroke Council as concerns grow that stroke patients are delaying care during the pandemic.

New Stroke Guidelines Aim to Improve Care Amid COVID-19

UVA Health stroke expert Dr.

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