News articles from UVA Today.
Be Heard: UVA Wants to Know How COVID-19 Is Affecting You
Organizers are urging members of the public to participate in a survey quickly so that community leaders can hear their concerns and adjust policies to take into account how people in the region are coping.
Q&A: False Assumptions About Internet Connectivity Can Have Disastrous Consequences
UVA media studies associate professor Christopher Ali believes the assumption that most people have access to the internet can have disastrous consequences, especially during a crisis.
Biocomplexity Institute Wins $10M Grant to Thwart Future Pandemics
COVID-19 rages. UVA researchers are leading a project to mitigate such pandemics.
UVA Health Offering COVID-19 Testing to Virginia Hospitals
Boosted by a philanthropic gift, UVA Health hopes to soon be able to ramp up its testing capacity to more than 500 tests per day.
Q&A: Batten Professor's 2018 Global Pandemic Simulation Becomes All Too Real
Two years ago, Noah Myung and his team designed a global pandemic simulation competition for students at 15 universities that is eerily similar to what is happening now.
Q&A: How Does COVID-19 Stack Up With the Pandemics of the Past?
Historian Christian McMillen compares the COVID-19 outbreak to previous pandemics, and offers a few lessons from the past.
How COVID-19 Affects Children Vital to Understanding, Slowing Pandemic, Doctors Say
Researchers warn that scientists must not overlook children's health needs and their role in transmitting the new coronavirus.
Research Reduces Barriers Medical Providers Face in Treating Children with Autism
The study offers promising insight into improving care for children with autism, a population that has increased consistently over the last decade.
UVA Discovers Why Obesity Causes High Blood Pressure - and Potential Ways to Stop It
Using innovative lab techniques, researchers identified the cellular mechanisms that increase blood pressure in obesity.
Is Your Adolescent Getting Enough Sleep? 3 Things Every Parent Should Know
Social, academic and biological pressures are just a few of the factors that are pushing adolescents to go bed later and later, according to Curry School professor Joanna Lee Williams.