While for some students this option allowed them to breathe a sigh of relief, for pre-med students who will be applying to medical school after graduation, the decision to opt-in to these grading options inherently involves them weighing multiple factors, including future admissions cycles.
Starting Dec. 15, health officials have started administering COVID-19 to workers in the University Health System with 1,594 individuals being vaccinated within the first week and 4,000 individuals signed up for vaccination appointments.
The now universal experience of social isolation can provide a greater sense of empathy for the chronically ill who spend months, years or even a lifetime apart from others.
The podcast's new season that focuses on citizens — specifically in Norfolk and Charleston, S.C. — dealing with sea level rise and all the flooding that comes with it.
A team of researchers at the University School of Medicine recently published an article in the Journal of Biological Chemistry regarding their study of HIV fusion to cell membranes using cryo-electron microscopy. The study determined the initial steps of HIV infection in cells — information that can be applied to understanding the infection process of other viruses including SARS-CoV-2, the virus that leads to COVID-19 infection.
In adjusting to a pandemic-altered semester, students are learning how to develop personal plans for safely socializing and going about daily life.
These discoveries suggests that further research is necessary to understand how to better treat diabetic and at-risk patients with COVID-19.
Student pharmacy technicians have been challenged to remain dedicated to their work in an environment they least expected.
Amidst this challenging and unique time, professors have come together to build interdisciplinary courses to shine a light on new perspectives of the world right now.
For the past several months, astronomy research at the University has been continually evolving as it explores various aspects of the world beyond, including phenomenon such as star formation and dwarf galaxies.
A large group of environmental scientists collaborated to form the Long-Term Ecological Research project in order to integrate long-term observations and experiments on seagrass ecosystems to track how they change over time and predict future vulnerabilities.
COVID-19 has restricted access to key professional and social experiences that often define the pre-health journey at the University, including Madison House hospital volunteer shifts and late-night study sessions at Clemons Library.
Fauci, who is also a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, touched on six main topics regarding the virus in his talk — epidemiology, virology, transmission, clinical manifestations, therapeutics and vaccines.
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, professors have struggled to bring the same amount of interest in scientific topics through online activities.
Participants of the study include service members who experienced repetitive low-level exposure — meaning who were repeatedly in close proximity to an explosive during detonation — that may lead to manifestation of issues within the brain over time.
The Patient Student Partnership program officially began at the School of Medicine in 2018 and functions by pairing each medical student in the entering class with a patient undergoing long-term care within the U.Va. Health System.
This fall, the University Health System received over 38,000 N95 masks from the National Strategic Stockpile — a national holding of critical medical supplies managed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. However, the 38,000 masks often had unusable straps that broke when stretched.
Two researchers in the School of Medicine recently discovered a convenient and efficient method to red-shift fluorescent protein-based biosensors using the amino acid 3-aminotyrosine.
Given the prevalence of disability and chronic illness in the United States, the coronavirus pandemic has magnified the inequalities in accessibility that persist in our society.
The research done in the Department of Public Health Sciences, and that of other public health departments, is important in providing analyses and guidance to those making policy decisions. The department’s teaching role has mobilized to help students get a better understanding of public health as well as the COVID-19 pandemic.
