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COVID-19 Testing Headed to Nursing Home Battlegrounds
UConn Health experts say new weekly COVID-19 testing at nursing homes is an important public health measure.
Graduating to New Goals This Season
Dr. Rebecca Andrews, UConn Health primary care physician, is among those running the UConn Health Half Marathon. She shares how running fits into her life as a health care provider and parent.
Examining the COVID-19 Clinical Trial Landscape
The rush for new promising therapeutics and treatments led Dr. Aakash Desai, an internal medicine resident at UConn School of Medicine, to evaluate the current clinical trial landscape for COVID-19. Read more about his research study published on June 2 by The Lancet’s EClinicalMedicine.
Someone’s Plasma Saved My Life
A UConn Health nurse found herself in the role of patient after contracting COVID-19.
A Powerful ‘Look-Back’ for COVID-19 Antibodies in Health Care Workers
A UConn Health study is looking at the presence of COVID-19 antibodies in health care workers.
During Pandemic, UConn Docs Find Stress Relief Through Running
UConn Health doctors explain the benefits of exercise - both physical and mental - ahead of the UConn Health Half Marathon.
Dementia Gene Raises Risk of Severe COVID-19
A gene associated with increased risk of Alzheimer's disease is also linked to severe cases of COVID-19, according to researchers.
From The Rent to Dental School
Paul Nwokeji '15 (CLAS) has taken his passion and dedication from the gridiron to the UConn School of Dental Medicine.
A Stroke Patient’s Meaningful Return to Running 13.1 Miles
May is National Stroke Awareness Month. Read the inspiring patient success story of a UConn Health stroke survivor patient named Kevin Verge. He will be running the virtual UConn Health Half Marathon June 4-7.
A Little Extra for Isolated Inpatients
UConn undergrads come up with an alternative way to engage older adult patients as they wait out the pandemic in the hospital without visitors.