Stories of Care & Discovery
UVA Health Trial to Test Convalescent Plasma as Potential COVID-19 Treatment
UVA Health is testing the use of plasma from patients who have recovered from COVID-19 as a potential treatment for inpatients with the disease.
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NIH: Antiviral Drug Tested at UVA Speeds COVID-19 Recovery
Remdesivir, an antiviral drug tested against COVID-19 at UVA Health and other sites, appeared to improve survival rates and speed recovery times.
UVA Today
How UVA Medical Center’s new hospital expansion is helping in the coronavirus fight
The South Tower, or the University Hospital Expansion as it’s technically known, was set to open in June until the COVID-19 pandemic derailed those plans. However, rather then delaying the expansion’s opening, the virus sped it up.
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Q&A: UVA Health COO on the Unique Opportunities of an Academic Medical Center
UVA Health COO Wendy Horton said solutions to big problems – like a global pandemic – often start at academic medical centers. She takes us behind the scenes to show how those discoveries become reality.
UVA Today
Q&A: How COVID-19 Is Exposing Health Care Inequities
Four UVA doctors helped raise a national alarm about the pandemic’s disproportionate impact on minority communities. They discuss what they are seeing and what can be done.
UVA Today