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

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

February 5, 2025 UVA Health’s Blue Ridge Poison Center Sees Drop in Opioid, THC Edibles Calls

UVA Health’s Blue Ridge Poison Center saw a significant drop in opioids cases and a smaller drop in THC edibles cases in 2024 compared with 2023, according to new data from the center.

January 7, 2025 UVA Center for Diabetes Technology, Tandem Diabetes Care to Research Fully Automated Insulin Delivery

University of Virginia Center for Diabetes Technology and Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc., have signed a multi-year collaboration agreement to advance research…

January 6, 2025 Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Risks Higher During Winter Storms

With power outages possible due to the winter storm, UVA Health’s Blue Ridge Poison Center is urging people to avoid carbon monoxide poisoning related to alternative heating methods – especially the use of portable power generators.

October 30, 2024 Is That Candy or Cannabis?

Over the years, rumors have arisen that dangerous drugs or poisons could be introduced into your child’s Halloween candy. The…

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.

July 31, 2024 UVA Health Completes Purchase of Piedmont Family Practice 

UVA Health today announced it has completed the purchase of Piedmont Family Practice, a Warrenton-based family medicine clinic serving the Warrenton area since 1993.

July 24, 2024 UVA Health Opening Lynchburg Asthma, Allergy, Immunology Clinic 

UVA Health is opening an asthma, allergy and immunology clinic to serve the Lynchburg area.