News articles from UVA Today.
Help Coming for Caregivers of Developmentally Delayed Kids, Thanks to These Professors
Using a telehealth system called "ECHO," School of Education and Human Development professors Gail Lovette and Rose Nevill have come up with a way to help the caregivers of children with developmental delays.
Recognizing the Human Need for Community Is Essential in Addiction Treatment
UVA anthropologists China Scherz and Jarrett Zigon discuss the rise in overdose deaths, offering ideas for understanding this health crisis and different ways of healing.
4 Ways to Use Subtraction That Could Make Life Better
Leidy Klotz's book, "Subtract," has much to say about why we should – and how we can – think of subtraction as a way to solve problems and improve the world.
Q&A: Bill Petri on Current Research, Findings, Potential Effects of New Delta Variant
As the new delta variant circulates around the globe, we checked in with infectious disease expert Dr. Bill Petri for answers on increased transmissibility, booster shot timelines and variant research at UVA.
After 60 Years, Scientists Find the Missing Link in Our Body's Blood Pressure Control
UVA researchers discovered that natural barometers inside cells help maintain healthy blood pressure.
Male Fertility Is Declining; Studies Show That Environmental Toxins Could Be a Reason
Research shows that men today produce fewer sperm than in the past, and the sperm are less healthy. In an article for The Conversation, a UVA doctor discusses what could be behind the decline.
Study Finds Kelp Is Key to California's Coastal Ecosystems
Climate change poses a particular risk to the giant kelp forests off our Pacific coast. A team of researchers at UVA and UC Santa Barbara are working to understand just how important the "sequoias of the sea" are to the future of a fragile environment.
UVA Scientists Upturn Understanding of How Key Hormones Act in Cells
The new discovery could rewrite medical textbooks, change how scientists understand two important hormone receptors and lead researchers to reevaluate drug designs.
UVA Biocomplexity Institute Developing Artificial Intelligence for Agriculture
UVA Biocomplexity Institute researchers are founding partners of a new NSF-funded national research institute that will develop solutions for some of agriculture's biggest problems.
New COVID-19 Vaccine Warnings Don't Mean Vaccines Are Unsafe
Writing for The Conversation, Justin Vesser, who led UVA Health's COVID-19 vaccine efforts, said that vaccine warnings mean the system to report side effects is working.