March 20, 2025 UVA Health Joins National Trials Testing Long COVID Treatments

UVA Health has joined nationwide studies examining potential treatments for long COVID.

November 21, 2024 Trial Tests Focused Ultrasound to Battle Melanoma

UVA's melanoma trial will evaluate the safety and effectiveness of using focused sound waves in conjunction with immunotherapy and surgery.

November 20, 2024 Weight-Loss Drug Tirzepatide Reduces Heart Failure Deaths

Tirzepatide, from pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and Co., was tested in the SUMMIT clinical trial at 146 sites in the United States and abroad.

October 10, 2024 Faulty ‘Fight or Flight’ Drives Deadly C. Difficile

The findings suggest that doctors may be able to save patients from C. difficile – a plague for hospitals and nursing homes – by using drugs to quiet the hyperactive nervous system response.

October 8, 2024 UVA Health Children’s Named No. 1 Children’s Hospital in Virginia by U.S. News & World Report

U.S. News & World Report has named UVA Health Children’s, part of UVA Health, the No. 1 children’s hospital in Virginia for the fourth consecutive year.

October 7, 2024 Newsweek Ranks UVA Health University Medical Center Among America’s Best Specialized Hospitals

Seven specialties at UVA Health University Medical Center and UVA Health Children’s are ranked No. 1 in Virginia and among the top 50 nationally by national news publication Newsweek.

September 30, 2024 Survival Gap Eliminated for Black Cord Blood Recipients

Patients who receive umbilical cord blood transplants for blood cancers now live equally long regardless of their race, new research from UVA Cancer Center shows.

August 6, 2024 Recurrent Wheezing in Children Linked to ‘Silent’ Lung Infections

Nearly a quarter of children with recurrent wheezing have “silent” lung infections that would be better treated with antiviral medications than commonly prescribed steroids that can carry lifelong side effects.

July 23, 2024 Brain Discovery May Catch Alzheimer’s, Epilepsy In Its Nets

Mysterious net-like structures that surround select neurons in the brain may be the key for better understanding and treating Alzheimer’s disease, epilepsy, schizophrenia and other neurological disorders, new research suggests.

April 16, 2024 Becker’s Hospital Review Names UVA Health to ‘Top Places to Work in Healthcare’ List

National healthcare publication Becker’s Hospital Review has named UVA Health to its 2024 list of “150 top places to work in healthcare.”