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Newswise: Arlington, Va., Named ‘Fittest City’ in 2022 American Fitness Index Ranking
Released: 12-Jul-2022 7:05 AM EDT
Arlington, Va., Named ‘Fittest City’ in 2022 American Fitness Index Ranking
American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)

Arlington, Virginia, has been named “America’s Fittest City” in the annual American Fitness Index® rankings published by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and the Elevance Health Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Elevance Health.The ACSM / Elevance Health Foundation Fitness Index evaluated America’s 100 largest cities using 34 evidence-based indicators.

Newswise: Virginians Say Research Investment Improves Health, Economy
Released: 27-Apr-2022 11:05 AM EDT
Virginians Say Research Investment Improves Health, Economy
Virginia Tech

Virginians across the political spectrum (84%) say investing in research is important to the state’s economy, according to new survey released today .

Released: 17-Mar-2022 10:35 AM EDT
Estimating the economic impact of electric vehicle charging stations
Argonne National Laboratory

JOBS EVSE is an online tool that allows users to quickly estimate the economic impacts associated with the development, construction and operation of electric vehicle charging stations.

Released: 22-Nov-2021 5:00 PM EST
Hospital Retaliates by Suspending Top ICU Dr. for Lawsuit He Filed to use Safe & Effective Treatments on COVID-19 Patients
Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance (FLCCC Alliance)

Paul Marik, MD, one of the world’s leading critical care physicians and the Director of the ICU at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, part of Sentara Healthcare, was in a Virginia courtroom fighting to treat critically ill COVID-19 patients while his employer was placing a letter notifying him of suspension of hospital privileges on his desk in his hospital office.

   
Newswise: Judge Hears Case Filed by Renowned ICU Doctor: Do Doctors or Administrators Decide Treatment for Critically Ill COVID Patients?
Released: 19-Nov-2021 8:30 AM EST
Judge Hears Case Filed by Renowned ICU Doctor: Do Doctors or Administrators Decide Treatment for Critically Ill COVID Patients?
Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance (FLCCC Alliance)

Arguments over a complaint filed in the Circuit Court for the City of Norfolk, Virginia, were presented today to decide if patients of one of the world’s most published critical care physicians can be given lifesaving treatments for COVID-19 that a local hospital system has prohibited.

Newswise: Court Hearing Set in World-Leading ICU Doctor’s Lawsuit to Decide if Doctors or Hospital Administrators Determine Treatment for Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients
Released: 17-Nov-2021 9:00 AM EST
Court Hearing Set in World-Leading ICU Doctor’s Lawsuit to Decide if Doctors or Hospital Administrators Determine Treatment for Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients
Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance (FLCCC Alliance)

After filing a complaint in the Circuit Court for the City of Norfolk, Virginia on November 9, Paul Marik, MD, one of the most highly published critical care physicians in the world and the Director of the ICU at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital will be given his day in court. The hearing set for Thursday, November 18, could lead to the reinstatement of several treatments that are currently banned by the Sentara Healthcare System.

   
Released: 13-Jul-2021 7:05 AM EDT
Arlington, Va., Named ‘Fittest City’ in 2021 American Fitness Index Ranking of Top 100
American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)

CSM and the Anthem Foundation release the 2021 American Fitness Index, ranking America’s 100 largest cities on health behaviors, chronic disease and community infrastructure indicators. Arlington, Va. earned the title of “America’s Fittest City.” Minneapolis, Minnesota; Seattle, Washington; Denver, Colorado; Madison, Wisconsin; Washington, D.C.; St. Paul, Minnesota; Irvine, California; Portland, Oregon; and Atlanta, Georgia; round out the top 10 fittest cities.

   
Released: 25-Aug-2020 8:30 AM EDT
UVA-Designed COVID-19 Swab to Support High-Priority Testing Across Virginia
University of Virginia Health System

The Commonwealth of Virginia will receive 60,000 nasopharyngeal swabs weekly to support high-priority COVID-19 testing across the state, thanks to a collaboration led by University of Virginia faculty to design this key testing supply.

   
Released: 28-Jul-2020 8:30 AM EDT
U.S. News & World Report: UVA Again No. 1 Hospital in Virginia
University of Virginia Health System

For the fifth consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report has ranked University of Virginia Medical Center as the No. 1 hospital in Virginia.

Released: 26-Jun-2020 8:05 AM EDT
FCC Grant to Expand UVA Health’s COVID-19 Telehealth Care
University of Virginia Health System

The Federal Communications Commission awarded UVA Health $767,139 this week to expand UVA’s use of telehealth for patient care during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Released: 5-Jun-2020 9:00 AM EDT
COVID-19: Antibody testing to reveal extent of infections across Va.
University of Virginia Health System

UVA Health has partnered with the Virginia Department of Health and other hospitals around the state to determine how many Virginians have been infected with COVID-19 – and how many remain at risk.

25-Feb-2019 3:55 PM EST
Academy for Eating Disorders Announces 2019 Class of Fellows
Academy for Eating Disorders (AED)

Academy for Eating Disorders Announces 2019 Class of Fellows

25-Feb-2019 3:40 PM EST
The Treatment Plenary at the International Conference on Eating Disorders to Address the Evidence for Short-Term Treatments for Eating Disorders
Academy for Eating Disorders (AED)

The Treatment Plenary at the International Conference on Eating Disorders to address the evidence for short-term treatments for eating disorders

   
Released: 5-Mar-2019 10:05 AM EST
Hearings Highlight Vaccine Access, Knowledge, Policy Gaps
Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)

With evidence that the number of measles cases and outbreaks this year is already well on track to exceed last year’s numbers, today’s Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing is drawing urgent attention to a central tenet of public health: vaccines save lives.

Released: 4-Mar-2019 9:00 AM EST
SURA Releases Jefferson Lab Economic Impact Study
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

A new study commissioned by the Southeastern Universities Research Association on the local, state and nationwide impacts of the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has found that the laboratory generated $556.9 million in output and provided labor income for 3,448 workers nationwide last year.

25-Feb-2019 3:55 PM EST
ICED Sociocultural Plenary to Address Eating Disorders in the LGBTQ+ Community
Academy for Eating Disorders (AED)

ICED Sociocultural Plenary to address eating disorders in the LGBTQ+ community

Released: 28-Feb-2019 2:05 PM EST
Former Israeli Ambassador Explains Role of ‘Hydro-Diplomacy’ in Middle East at UVA Darden
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

Delivering a keynote address at Darden at the World Water Events organized by UVA’s Global Water Initiative, Ram Aviram, the former Israeli ambassador to Greece and chief of staff for former President Shimon Peres, detailed the efforts to negotiate water rights in the politically tumultuous Jordan River Basin.

Released: 28-Feb-2019 2:05 PM EST
‘We Use Every Second of Our Day’: 3 Stories of International Women at UVA Darden
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

The MBA student body at Darden is composed of roughly 39 percent women, and about one-third of the class was born outside of the United States. As International Women’s Day approaches on 8 March, The Darden Report presents the stories of three such women who chose to earn their MBA at the School.

Released: 28-Feb-2019 8:00 AM EST
EIC Center at Jefferson Lab Announces Funding Opportunities
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

The Electron-Ion Collider Center at Jefferson Lab is now accepting research proposals for its fellowship and visitors programs.

Released: 27-Feb-2019 3:05 PM EST
Facial Recognition Software to Identify Civil War Soldiers
Virginia Tech

Photo Sleuth may uncover the mysteries of the nearly 4 million photographs of Civil War-era images.

26-Feb-2019 10:00 AM EST
Oldest Frog Relative Found in North America
Virginia Tech

A team of paleontologists led by Virginia Tech’s Michelle Stocker and Sterling Nesbitt of the Department of Geosciences have identified fossil fragments of what are thought to be the oldest known frogs in North America.

Released: 26-Feb-2019 3:05 PM EST
The Rise of Artificially Intelligent Agents: AI’s Growing Effect on the Economy, Part 1
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

Prominent tech leaders have been sounding the alarm about the potential dangers of artificial intelligence (AI) for quite some time. Tesla’s Elon Musk, a vocal proponent of AI safeguards, views the technology as the “biggest risk we face as a civilization."

Released: 26-Feb-2019 11:05 AM EST
New Study Reveals that Night and Weekend Births Have Substantially Higher Risk of Delivery Complications
Society for Risk Analysis (SRA)

As if expecting mothers didn’t have enough to worry about, a new study published in Risk Analysis: An International Journal found that the quantity of delivery complications in hospitals are substantially higher during nights, weekends and holidays, and in teaching hospitals.

   
25-Feb-2019 3:45 PM EST
2019 International Conference on Eating Disorders, March 14-16, 2019 in New York, NY
Academy for Eating Disorders (AED)

The Academy for Eating Disorders announces its annual International Conference on Eating Disorders, taking place March 14 - 16, 2019 in New York, NY

Released: 26-Feb-2019 8:30 AM EST
UVA Expanding Telehealth To Better Treat Diabetes, Heart Disease
University of Virginia Health System

The University of Virginia Health System is expanding its telehealth capacity to help patients across Virginia better prevent or manage chronic conditions that include diabetes, prediabetes and heart disease. Through the UVA Center for Telehealth, UVA will expand or pilot several initiatives to battle chronic diseases, including remote monitoring for patients with diabetes, screenings for patients with diabetic eye disease, cardiac rehabilitation programs for heart failure patients and streamlined access to specialists.

Released: 25-Feb-2019 3:45 PM EST
AED Announces 2019 ICED Awards and Honorees
Academy for Eating Disorders (AED)

AED Announces 2019 ICED Awards and Honorees

Released: 25-Feb-2019 3:05 PM EST
Stop Being ‘Data-Driven’ and Focus on ‘Human-Centered Inputs,’ Being Data-Informed
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

UVA Darden appeared on Carlos Escalante Trevino’s (MBA ’17) radar after the prospective MBA student took an online design thinking course with Darden Professor Jeanne Liedtka. Now manager at Market Gravity, Trevino returned to Darden to speak about balancing human-centered inputs alongside quantitative data.

   
Released: 25-Feb-2019 11:05 AM EST
Society for Risk Analysis Inducts Richard Wilson to the Pantheon of Risk Analysis
Society for Risk Analysis (SRA)

The Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) inducted Richard “Dick” Wilson to the Pantheon of Risk Analysis. The Pantheon, established in 2008, recognizes luminaries and visionaries in risk analysis and serves to illustrate how the field contributes to the advancement of knowledge and public good.

Released: 25-Feb-2019 9:00 AM EST
UVA Discovers How to Make Immune Cells Better Cancer Killers
University of Virginia Health System

Scientists have discovered a defect in immune cells known as “killer T cells” that explains their inability to destroy cancer tumors. The researchers believe that repairing this defect could make the cells much better cancer killers.

Released: 23-Feb-2019 6:05 AM EST
Peter Frampton diagnosed with rare muscle disease inclusion body myositis
Myositis Association

Legendary guitarist Peter Frampton announced Saturday that he has a rare, debilitating muscle disease called inclusion body myositis.

Released: 21-Feb-2019 1:05 PM EST
Ashley Williams Named CEO and CLO of UVA Darden Executive Education and Lifelong Learning
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

Darden School Foundation announced today that Ashley Williams has been selected as the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Learning Officer of UVA Darden Executive Education, Lifelong Learning and Non-Degree Programs. Williams will assume her new role at Darden April 1.

   
Released: 21-Feb-2019 8:50 AM EST
District Court Acts on Evidence Countering Military HIV Policy
Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)

A District Court injunction preventing the military discharge of two Air Force members living with HIV was responsive to medical evidence and reflected important recognition of advances in treatment for HIV, as well as of the abilities of people with the virus to enjoy productive healthy lives.

   
19-Feb-2019 9:15 AM EST
Correlated Nucleons May Solve 35-Year-Old Mystery
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

A careful re-analysis of data taken at the Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has revealed a possible link between correlated protons and neutrons in the nucleus and a 35-year-old mystery. The data have led to the extraction of a universal function that describes the EMC Effect, the once-shocking discovery that quarks inside nuclei have lower average momenta than predicted, and supports an explanation for the effect. The study has been published in the journal Nature.

Released: 20-Feb-2019 12:05 PM EST
Heritage Meets Modernity: UVA Darden Students Find Balance in Course to Dubai, Bahrain
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

“Honoring the Traditions of the Past While Confronting the Challenges of the Future” — the name of a new Darden global course — aptly describes the inaugural Darden Worldwide Course to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain.

   
Released: 20-Feb-2019 12:05 PM EST
Talking Ourselves Into It: How We Rationalize Bad Choices
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

When a reward is tempting enough, people will break their own moral codes to gain the desired prize. Afterward, they’ll tell you exactly how they were justified.

   
Released: 20-Feb-2019 12:05 AM EST
New Surgical Technique Improves Fixation and Minimizes Complications in Shoulder Replacement Surgery
Shoulder Innovations

New medical evidence shows improved mechanical fixation with a novel inset shoulder implant that minimizes surgical complications and may increase the longevity of artificial shoulder replacements. This new study in the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery demonstrates, for the first time, successful long-term results with a promising new technology that is gaining attention of shoulder surgeons.

Released: 18-Feb-2019 7:05 AM EST
New Project Seeks Enhanced Lung Disease Care in Appalachia
University of Virginia Health System

A new program will use telehealth to bring together a University of Virginia Health System team with primary care providers in the Appalachian region of Virginia to improve lung disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment. UVA will partner with Stone Mountain Health Services and The Health Wagon – which serve patients in Wise, Russell, Dickenson, Washington, Buchanan, Lee, Smyth, and Russell counties – with the support of a $10,000 National Science Foundation Grant.

Released: 15-Feb-2019 11:05 AM EST
Does Anyone Win in a US-China Trade War?
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

A looming 1 March deadline to prevent another round of escalating tariffs between the United States and China is more fraught than typical trade disputes. If that wasn’t already clear to observers, U.S. President Donald Trump made it abundantly so during his State of the Union address on 5 February.

   
Released: 13-Feb-2019 2:05 PM EST
Digital Learning and Values-Driven Leadership: Why it Works
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

The core idea behind Mary Gentile's "Giving Voice to Values" (GVV) approach is that rather than treating ethics as an entirely cognitive problem — it can be more impactful to provide opportunities for individuals to literally pre-script, rehearse and peer coach effective ways to enact values-based positions.

Released: 13-Feb-2019 1:05 PM EST
Effective Management: Know-How vs. Leadership
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

During the dot-com bubble of the 1990s, companies skyrocketed their valuations simply by adding “dot-com” to their stock tickers. The trend is not just a cautionary tale for investors: It highlights how in the age of digital disruption every company is becoming a technology business.

Released: 13-Feb-2019 10:05 AM EST
10 Years Greener: UVA Darden Sustainability Plan Delivers Uniquely Darden Success Story
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

In late 2018, roughly 65,000 solar energy panels amassed across 160 acres in rural Eastern Virginia came online, producing enough electricity to power a significant portion of the University of Virginia and allowing Darden to make good on its goal to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2020.

   
Released: 13-Feb-2019 10:00 AM EST
Society of Toxicology 58th Annual Meeting and ToxExpo Features Latest in Toxicological Research and Technology
Society of Toxicology

Taking place, March 10–14, 2019, in Baltimore, Maryland, the meeting's scientific program represents the breadth and depth of the toxicological field and includes more than 100 Featured Sessions, Scientific Sessions, and Continuing Education courses and more than 2,100 individual presentations.

   
Released: 12-Feb-2019 7:05 AM EST
Get the Latest on UVA’s Artificial Pancreas With Testing Nearly Complete
University of Virginia Health System

A University of Virginia School of Medicine researcher will provide updates on a UVA-developed artificial pancreas – including early results from a nationwide clinical trial – during a presentation at the AAAS Annual Meeting. The presentation from Boris Kovatchev, PhD, director of the UVA Center for Diabetes Technology, is scheduled for 1:30-2 p.m. Feb. 15.



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