Doctors have hoped that antibiotics could benefit patients with chronic lung diseases, but a new study has found no benefit for patients with life-threatening idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in preventing hospitalization or death. While there were no statistical benefits for patients with the lung-scarring disease, the new research will prevent unnecessary […]
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UVA, Va. Tech Virologists Develop Potential Broadly Protective Coronavirus Vaccines
A COVID-19 vaccine that could provide protection against both existing and future strains of the COVID-19 virus, and other coronaviruses, and cost about $1 a dose has shown promising results in early animal testing. Vaccines created by UVA Health’s Steven L. Zeichner, MD, PhD, and Virginia Tech’s Xiang-Jin Meng, MD, […]
How Baby’s First Breath Triggers Life-Saving Changes in the Brain
Discovery May Help Explain Cases of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome There are few moments in life as precious, as critical and as celebrated as a baby’s first breath. New research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine sheds light on the lifelong changes in breathing systems that occur precisely […]
Antidepressant May Prevent Severe COVID-19
The antidepressant fluvoxamine appears to prevent COVID-19 infections from worsening and may help keep patients out of the hospital, a trial based on research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine suggests. The clinical trial, conducted by the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, compared fluvoxamine with […]
UVA Tests Drug Given to President Trump to See If It Can Prevent COVID-19
UVA Health is testing an antibody cocktail, given to President Trump over the weekend, to determine if it can prevent COVID-19 infection in people who share a household with someone with the illness. UVA is part of a national phase 3 clinical trial that is testing monoclonal antibodies made by the […]






