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(09/16/22 2:11am)
As many as a third of COVID-19 survivors that did not require hospitalization now face long-term symptoms. A subset of “long-haul” COVID-19 patients have been diagnosed with a form of autonomic dysfunction. To combat this, two University Medical Center physicians — pediatric infectious diseases subspecialist Dr. Ina Stephens and pediatric cardiologist Dr. Dan Schneider — recently established a pediatric autonomic dysfunction clinic in the University Medical Center’s Battle Building.
(03/24/21 3:38am)
In a time when learning in makeshift classrooms at kitchen tables has become the new norm, reliable internet access is more of a necessity than a luxury. According to data from Pew Research, over half of Americans consider internet access “essential” during the pandemic, yet a report from the Federal Communications Commission estimates that 19 million Americans are without access to broadband — a form of high-speed internet. This disparity is heightened in rural and tribal areas, with one-fourth and one-third of those populations lacking broadband access, respectively. Exacerbated by the pandemic, these barriers to internet access have yielded adverse effects in education, public health and news access.
(01/31/21 8:33pm)
U.Va Lifetime Learning — in partnership with Morven Farm — held the virtual panel Food and Justice in Virginia Wednesday as part of the University’s Community MLK Celebration. The five panelists discussed the influence of systemic racism on food accessibility and farm working conditions and common problems — including food security and worker safety — while urging the public to become more involved in food-related policy, especially in the Charlottesville community.
(01/26/21 10:22pm)
As part of the University’s Community MLK Celebration, U.Va. Lifetime Learning is partnering with Morven Farm to present the online panel entitled Food and Justice in Virginia. The event aims to get listeners to become active participants in the local food system by engaging in dialogue surrounding food’s connection to racial justice.
(11/06/20 12:02am)
One in four American adults has a disability, according to the CDC. Given the prevalence of disability and chronic illness in the United States, the coronavirus pandemic has magnified the inequalities in accessibility that persist in U.S. society. These disparities are reflected in a higher coronavirus mortality rate for those with disabilities, but also in the everyday barriers that those with disabilities experience, such as difficulties with lip-reading because of mask-wearing and remote therapy services. While these statistics are cause for concern in and of themselves, the disabled and chronically ill also encounter a plethora of pandemic-related challenges on a daily basis.
(10/04/20 4:42am)
University doctors have been hard at work on projects aimed at fighting underlying systemic barriers — both in education and resource access — that contribute to the lack of diversity seen in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math.
(12/29/20 6:29pm)
During these past 10 months of the pandemic, most can relate to the experience of sitting alone in a bedroom or dorm and wondering when life will return to “normal.” With plans canceled and friends only available through a screen, it is easy to understand how isolation can make young adults feel more disconnected than ever before. Prior to the pandemic, the majority of people had never experienced this form of long-term social isolation.