A UF/EPI professor helped develop a model that estimates slightly more than half of COVID-19 transmission is due to people with no symptoms. A third or more of these cases would need to be isolated, in addition to most symptomatic cases, to quell the pandemic.

UF Engineering researcher Eric Jing Du received a NSF RAPID Grant to study how people can have improved responses to future global crises.

Dr. Tom Hladish, research scientist in the Department of Biology and EP, was called upon by the Florida Department of Health (DOH) to advise on its COVID-19 response.

The COVID-19 pandemic has drawn attention to the importance of the historical record of infectious disease and the importance of cultural practices, then and now.

Researchers at the McKnight Brain Institute are working to provide resources for people with substance use issues that may have been negatively impacted in relation to COVID-19.

Xiaochen Xian, Ph.D., an assistant professor for UF ISE, is working on research to develop a way to administer mass testing for COVID-19.

A trio of interdisciplinary UF researchers are searching for genes that either hasten or thwart the growth of SARS-CoV-2 virus inside a human host. Their results may contribute to the search for a COVID-19 drug or therapeutic arsenal.

University of Florida neuroscientists are embarking on a new study to understand the impact of COVID-19 on the on the brain health of older adults.

The University of Florida College of Medicine’s department of pediatrics has been awarded a nearly $1 million federal grant to expand telemedicine services and equipment among underserved and vulnerable populations.

In a project with the UF Informatics Institute SEED Fund, the Departments of UF Sociology and UF Linguistics will study different topics on COVID-19.

Shark attack numbers have sunk to dramatic lows, likely a side effect of closed beaches and widespread quarantines, according to experts at the University of Florida’s International Shark Attack File.