With the winter season right around the corner, there is increased risk for COVID-19 outbreaks along with high influenza rates.
The Charlottesville Free Clinic strives to be an open door to health care, providing free medical care to those ages 18 to 64 whose annual income ranges from $17,236 to $49,960, according to its website.
Piedmont Virginia Community College announced Oct. 1 its plans to expand its associate degree in nursing program thanks to philanthropic support from an anonymous donor and a contribution from U.Va. Health.
U.Va. health care professionals spoke Tuesday in a virtual town hall to answer the public’s questions about the COVID-19 vaccines.
Dr. Reid Adams, chief medical officer at U.Va. Medical Center, said that he thinks this surge in hospitalizations is due to an increase in travel and indoor gatherings during Thanksgiving.
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.
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.
The University has managed an increasing demand for testing supplies by utilizing multiple forms of testing that require different materials — however, shortages at U.Va. Health still remain according to physicians in the U.Va. Health System.
The University recommends students get a flu shot by the end of October.
The consolidated funds of $178,000 have been donated to the U.Va. Children’s Hospital transplant program, serving to facilitate a multidisciplinary care approach in addition to mitigating costs of heart, kidney and liver transplants for pediatric patients’ families.
Volunteers with TeleHealth Access for Seniors gather devices family, friends, businesses and schools no longer use and donate them to local hospitals and clinics for distribution to senior citizens.
COVID-19 has added a layer of complexity to forming an immediate healthcare response when treating strokes as research has identified a link between COVID-19 infection and strokes.
Rising third-year Nursing student Phillip Phan pursued nursing to give back to the medical community that had treated his father with compassion and respect.
Although the post-COVID-19 future is still nebulous, more physicians and patients are becoming comfortable with digital interactions, especially if it saves on travel time and expenses.
