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COVID-19

A woman looks down at her smartwatch while running her other hand through her hair.

UF Health researchers look to smartwatch app to fend off pandemic face touching

In College, Featured Article, Research news
Can a smartwatch help prevent the transmission of the novel coronavirus?
By Bill Levesque
Microscopic rendering shows the novel coronavirus circulating among red blood cells.

UF Health, OneFlorida consortium to evaluate blood thinners as COVID-19 treatment

In College, Featured Article, Research news
Can blood thinners help patients battling COVID-19? UF Health is part of nationwide study hoping to find out
A bottle of medication labeled Remdesivir.

Trio of medications showing early promise against coronavirus, UF Health researchers find

In College, Featured Article, Research news
researchers see promising results in tests of a trio of drugs intended to fight the virus that causes COVID-19
By Doug Bennett
Electronic microscope image of the novel coronavirus isolated from a patient. The virus is shown emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the laboratory.

COVID-19 not likely to trigger Type 1 diabetes, UF Health researchers find in joint study

In College, Featured Article, Research news
Does COVID-19 cause Type 1 diabetes? A study co-authored by UF Health researchers throws cold water on the idea.
By Bill Levesque
Close up of a young woman getting vaccinated.

Experts outline path to development of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines on a global scale

In College, Featured Article
Group of World Health Organization scientists, including UF’s Ira Longini, PhD, write commentary for The Lancet
By Jill Pease
Health care workers prep a patient in the I-C-U.

UF Health enrolls first patients in national COVID-19 study on convalescent blood plasma

In College, Featured Article, Research news
UF Health recently enrolled the first two patients in a national study
By Bill Levesque
A father places a facemask on his son.

Keeping kids healthy during COVID-19

In College, Featured Article
UF Health pediatric psychiatrist discusses how to keep kids physically, mentally healthy this fall amid pandemic
A mom helps her son with homework while his dad works on a laptop.

Returning to learning during COVID-19

In College, Featured Article
Whether physically returning to school or learning from home, children and families face big changes this fall
A child participates in virtual school using a laptop.

Education in the age of COVID-19: UF Health pediatrics researchers discuss school choices

In College, Featured Article, Research news
Virtual schooling may provide viable means of education for certain students, pediatrics researchers say
By Doug Bennett
Members of U-F Health’s lung transplant team perform a procedure in an operating room

UF Health surgeons perform historic double-lung transplant on COVID-19 survivor

In College, Featured Article
UF Health’s lung transplant team performs first post-virus transplant in the South
By Dorothy Hagmajer