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Article ItemPublic health expert offers advice re: new COVID-19 variants and fall vaccines , article
A 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 -
Article ItemVirginia vaccination project named national 'immunization champion' , article
Virginia Cooperative Extension was recently recognized by the National Adult and Influenza Immunization Summit as an “Immunization Neighborhood” Immunization Champion.
Date: Jun 13, 2023 -
Article ItemPublic health expert says annual COVID-19 vaccine will be an important disease prevention tool , article
Lisa 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 -
Video ItemUndergraduate lab integrates COVID vaccine development , video
College of Sciences' Chixia Tian has developed a lab course that integrates cutting-edge research and COVID vaccine development into undergraduate teaching. Specifically, it involves undergraduate nanomedicine majors learning how to fabricate liposomes and load DNAs into the liposomes.
Date: Mar 25, 2022 -
Video ItemPresident Tim Sands encourages COVID-19 booster shots , video Date: Dec 08, 2021
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Article ItemFlu season is here — and flu vaccines are ready for the Virginia Tech community , article
October represents the start of flu season, and Virginia Tech officials began messaging centered on encouraging the campus population to get their flu vaccines. The university set up a website dedicated to information about the flu and flu shots, and both Hokie Wellness and Schiffert Health Center have scheduled clinics at various times throughout the month to administer the vaccine both to students and to employees.
Date: Oct 22, 2021 -
Article ItemMobile vaccine clinics are making COVID-19 vaccines more accessible to the community , article
In the spirit of Ut Prosim, (That I May Serve), a group of dedicated and creative Virginia Tech students and faculty, in partnership with the Virginia Department of Health, are working to make vaccines more available to the community with mobile vaccine clinics and the COVID vaccine car.
Date: Aug 03, 2021 -
Video ItemTECH Together Campaign helps mobile vaccine clinic , video Date: Jul 27, 2021
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Video ItemJune 15 Town Hall: Noelle Bissell on possible link between Covid vaccine and myocarditis , video
In a town hall conversation on June 15, New River Health District Director Noelle Bissell explains the Centers for Disease Control’s response to a possible link between the Covid vaccine and myocarditis.
Date: Jun 29, 2021 -
Video ItemJune 15 Town Hall: Frank Shushok on deadline for submitting Covid vaccine information , video
In a town hall conversation on June 15, Frank Shushok, vice president for student affairs, explains the August 6 deadline for submitting proof of Covid vaccination through the online student health portal.
Date: Jun 28, 2021 -
Video ItemJune 15 Town Hall: President Sands highlights impact of a vaccinated community , video
In a town hall conversation on June 15, Virginia Tech President Tim Sands shares the impact a more fully vaccinated campus community will have on the in-person experience.
Date: Jun 21, 2021 -
Video ItemJune 15 Town Hall: Noelle Bissell on time-frame for getting Covid vaccination , video
In a town hall conversation on June 15, New River Health District Director Noelle Bissell explains the time-frame in which someone who has tested positive for Covid can receive the vaccination.
Date: Jun 16, 2021 -
Video ItemJune 15 Town Hall: Mike Mulhare on Covid testing for unvaccinated students and employees , video
In a town hall conversation on June 15, Mike Mulhare, assistant vice president for emergency management, discusses the Covid testing requirements for students and employees.
Date: Jun 16, 2021 -
Video ItemJune 15 Town Hall: Frank Shushok on Covid vaccine exemptions , video
In a town hall conversation on June 15, Frank Shushok, vice president for student affairs, explains the options when it comes to requesting an exemption from the Covid vaccine.
Date: Jun 16, 2021 -
Article ItemMobile Vaccine Van , article Date: Jun 04, 2021
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Article ItemVaccine expert to deliver Maury Strauss public lecture , article
Christine S. Benn, professor at the University of Southern Denmark’s Centre for Global Health, will discuss her research in an upcoming talk, “How Vaccines Train the Immune System in Ways No One Expected,” hosted by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC. Benn’s lecture will be presented virtually via Zoom at 5:30 p.m. on April 15.
Date: Apr 09, 2021 -
Article ItemCommunity Vaccinations at the Radford University Dedmon Center , article Date: Apr 07, 2021
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Article ItemResearchers receive grant to study misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine , article
Researchers at Virginia Tech are looking into how social media misinformation influences people’s intention to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, especially those within the Appalachian region, with help from a grant funded by the Fralin Life Sciences Institute and the Data and Decisions Destination Area.
Date: Apr 01, 2021 -
Video ItemUnderstanding the New Coronavirus Vaccines , video
Infectious Disease Ecologist Kate Langwig explains the complicated dynamics that are at play in determining how effectively the new COVID-19 vaccines will regain pre-pandemic normalcy.
Date: Jan 28, 2021 -
Video ItemResearchers are creating a basis for COVID-19 vaccine design , video
Researchers James Weger-Lucarelli and Nisha Duggal from the Fralin Life Sciences Institute and Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine are establishing a reverse genetics system for SARS-CoV-2 that will serve as the basis for vaccine design.
Date: Jun 04, 2020
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