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Interdisciplinary team receives $5 million grant to explore COVID-19 virus ecology at the human-animal interface , articleVirginia Tech researchers will explore the risk of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, infections in wildlife communities and how those risks could affect humans.
Date: Oct 20, 2023 -
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Graduate student researcher earns national award for study on COVID-19 vaccine candidate , articleAnna Hassebroek, a doctoral candidate and an anatomic pathology resident at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, received the Boehringer Ingelheim Research Award for Graduate Veterinarians.
Date: Oct 11, 2023 -
General ItemKeeping our community healthy this fall and winter Date: Sep 18, 2023
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Public health expert offers advice re: new COVID-19 variants and fall vaccines , articleA late summer increase in COVID-19-related hospitalizations and the emergence of new coronavirus variants raises concerns about how best to counter infection and when new vaccines will become available. Lisa M. Lee, a professor of public health at Virginia Tech, discusses factors for concern and the importance of vaccination.
Date: Sep 11, 2023 -
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Global Travel Oversight Committee makes the impossible possible , articleImagine you are studying or conducting research in a foreign country when you discover you have lost your passport, or protesters have blocked major roads, or you’ve tested positive for COVID. What do you do? Whom do you call?
Date: Mar 13, 2023 -
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Public health expert says annual COVID-19 vaccine will be an important disease prevention tool , articleLisa M. Lee, a professor of public health at Virginia Tech, provides perspective on the FDA plan to have individuals receive a single bivalent COVID-19 shot each year, just like flu shots). An epidemiologist, bioethicist, and ethics educator, Lee worked for more than 25 years in public health and ethics, including 14 years at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Date: Jan 31, 2023 -
General ItemCOVID bivalent booster vaccination clinic scheduled for Jan. 19 Date: Jan 03, 2023
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Geobiologists shine new light on Earth’s first known mass extinction event 550 million years ago , articleA new study by Virginia Tech geobiologists traces the cause of the first known mass extinction of animals to decreased global oxygen availability, leading to the loss of a majority of animals present near the end of the Ediacaran Period some 550 million years ago.
Date: Nov 07, 2022 -
General ItemCOVID bivalent booster vaccination clinic scheduled for Nov. 16 Date: Nov 07, 2022
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Afghan student Ayda Haydarpour finds a sense of purpose at Virginia Tech , articleHaydarpour, part of the all-girls robotics team Afghan Dreamers, has always dreamed big. Her road to Virginia Tech to study computer science did not always seem possible. She hopes to return to her country and open a STEM-based school where she will teach and mentor students.
Date: Oct 05, 2022 -
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CDC removes country-specific COVID-19 advisories Date: Oct 04, 2022 -
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General ItemChanges announced for COVID-19 case management process Date: Jun 07, 2022
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Supporting engineering students via the screen , articleWhen COVID-19 hit in the spring of 2020, the general engineering academic advisors transitioned overnight from in-person to online to care for the 2,583 first-year engineering students who struggled to start college amid a pandemic.
Date: Apr 28, 2022 -
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Mental health screenings for children and teens will help K-12 schools support social-emotional skills, says expert , articleRosanna Breaux, director of the Child Study Center and an assistant professor with the Virginia Tech Department of Psychology, says the mental-health crisis in children and adolescents unfortunately is not new.
Date: Apr 22, 2022 -
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Mask requirements lifted from Blacksburg Transit buses Date: Apr 19, 2022 -
General ItemHokie Health: Resources and support for those affected by long-haul COVID Date: Apr 13, 2022
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