May 29, 2020
Obesity Makes COVID-19 Harder to Fight
A doctor offers seven important tips for managing obesity.
May 28, 2020
New Stroke Guidelines Aim to Improve Care Amid COVID-19
Top stroke experts have issued new guidance to ensure stroke patients receive safe, timely care while preventing the transmission of COVID-19.
May 27, 2020
National ‘100 Great Hospitals’ List Honors UVA Medical Center
Becker’s Hospital Review, a national healthcare publication, has named UVA Medical Center to its 2020 list of “100 great hospitals in America.”
May 26, 2020
UVA Finds Essential Key to Hearing Sensitivity
New research is shedding light on the biological architecture that lets us hear – and on a genetic disorder that causes both deafness and blindness.
May 20, 2020
UVA Doctors Honored for COVID-19 Children’s Book
Two UVA Health physicians have produced a children’s book for communities of color that are being disproportionately stricken by COVID-19.
May 19, 2020
iTHRIV Seeks to Address COVID-19 Information Gap in Virginia
The Integrated Translational Health Institute of Virginia (iTHRIV) has developed an online tool to collect COVID-19 related information from volunteers who are residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
May 18, 2020
UVA Health Opens Hotline for Patients Without a Regular Doctor
The hotline will make it easier for Charlottesville-area patients without a primary care doctor to get questions answered and receive care.
May 15, 2020
Heart Attacks, Heart Failure, Stroke: COVID-19’s Cardiovascular Complications
A new guide from emergency medicine doctors details the potentially deadly cardiovascular complications COVID-19 can cause.
May 13, 2020
In Victory Over Polio, Hope for the Battle Against COVID-19
Medicine’s great triumph over polio holds out hope we can do the same for COVID-19, two researchers say.
May 12, 2020
COVID-19: UVA Discovery Spurs Clinical Trial of Antidepressant
The drug has shown promise for stopping dangerous overreactions of the immune system, a concern in patients with severe COVID-19.