Coronavirus
Study Confirms COVID Infection Rates of Dentists Remain Lower Than Other Health Professionals
Enhanced infection control procedures help keep infection rate low among dentists
June 2, 2021 | Courtney Chandler
UConn Researchers Develop Cheap, Accurate Device to Diagnose COVID-19
How red blood cells and laser light offer the opportunity to make a rapid diagnosis
May 26, 2021 | Kim Krieger
‘A Light at the End of This Long Tunnel’: A Rising Sophomore Reflects on a Year of Pandemic-era College
RJ Streater '24 says making connections with his fellow students and his professors helped him thrive during a year that no one could have planned for
May 24, 2021 | Elaina Hancock
Are Graphene-Coated Face Masks a COVID-19 Miracle – or Another Health Risk?
Balancing risk with uncertain rewards
May 14, 2021 | Tom Breen
Face to Face: The Shift to Telepsychiatry
At first hesitant to go virtual as the pandemic set in, UConn Health psychiatrists quickly realized screens enabled them to make vital connections and increase access to care
May 13, 2021 | Peter Nelson
UConn Researchers Study Anti-Vax Facebook Groups in Early Days of COVID-19 Pandemic
UConn researchers' work studying the activity of anti-vaccine groups on Facebook in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic holds important lessons for public health officials.
6 Nightingales Reflect Commitment of Entire UConn Health Nursing Staff
Paying tribute to nurses who served during a year of unprecedented challenge
May 5, 2021 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
UConn Health Researchers Receive a $3.1 Million Dollar Grant to Study Pandemic-Related Stress in Families with Infants
Damion Grasso and Margaret Briggs-Gowan developed a tool to measure pandemic-related stress. They are now applying it in a study focused on families who gave birth and are now raising infants during the pandemic
UConn Law Students Help Keep Tabs on COVID-19 Litigation
Getting an in-depth understanding of civil litigation as it unfolds in real time
April 20, 2021 | Camille Chill
Virtual Conference Brings Together Global Experts to Tackle COVID-19 “Infodemic”
Health behavior experts come together to put forth an agenda that uses social media to solve public health problems
April 14, 2021 | Anna Zarra Aldrich, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources