$4.4 Million Grant to Boost UVA Health’s Home Monitoring Services
1/28/2021
A three-year, $4.4 million Federal Communications Commission grant will enable UVA Health to expand its Interactive Home Monitoring care for patients with serious and chronic conditions, including COVID-19 and diabetes.…
What we know and don’t know about vaccines at UVA and in Virginia
1/11/2021
Amid the global toll of COVID-19, the unprecedented speed of vaccine development has provided a reason for optimism, with the national and local rollout of vaccines a welcome light at…
Research That Saves Lives: Four COVID-19 Therapies Being Tested at UVA
12/15/2020
Over the past nine months, clinical trials conducted at the University of Virginia have led to new treatments for patients fighting COVID-19 in Charlottesville and new tools for health care…
UVA’s David S. Wilkes Elected to Prestigious National Academy of Medicine
10/21/2020
David S. Wilkes, MD, dean of the University of Virginia School of Medicine, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, one of the highest honors in the fields…
UVA Community Testing Provides Thousands Of FREE COVID-19 Tests In Charlottesville
10/21/2020
Every Tuesday at Mount Zion First African Baptist Church in Charlottesville, a line of cars and people forms, and doctors, nurses and staff, clad in protective equipment, swab each patient,…
Meet Allie Donlan, a UVA Researcher Whose Work Has Changed the COVID-19 Fight
10/19/2020
Even as the coronavirus pandemic began to grip the world in late February and early March, University of Virginia Ph.D. student Allie Donlan did not necessarily picture herself working on…
This UVA Health Staple Has Been Invaluable During The Pandemic
9/15/2020
Shortly after Lydia Hanson and Patricia Otterness were matched in the University of Virginia School of Medicine’s Patient Student Partnership program last summer, Hanson – who had just started her…
Blood Test At COVID-19 Diagnosis Can Predict Disease Severity, Study Finds
8/24/2020
Doctors can examine COVID-19 patients’ blood to identify those at greatest risk of severe illness and to pinpoint those most likely to need a ventilator, new research from the University…
