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In the fight against long-haul COVID-19 symptoms, vaccination still best preventive option

people, however, soon discover the microscopic invader won’t allow them to return to their normal lives even months after infection. It’s an especially insidious side of the coronavirus that makes vaccination all the more important — COVID-19 as chronic illness.

Testing quarantined students before they return to school helps prevent asymptomatic cases from re-entering classroom

Many high school students on day nine or later of their COVID-19 quarantine period tested positive for the virus, a University of Florida study published in JAMA has found.

UF study: Telehealth individual counseling for weight loss maintenance works

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about an explosion in telehealth, but is it as effective as in-person treatment? A UF study looks at the "why" and "how."

Harnessing genome editing for COVID-19 drug discovery

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.

Environmental DNA – how a tool used to detect endangered wildlife ended up helping fight the COVID-19 pandemic — David Duffy and Jessica Alice Farrell

Imagine discovering an animal species you thought had gone extinct was still living – without laying eyes on it. Such was the case with the Brazilian frog species Megaelosia bocainensis.

UF named coordinating center for national drug abuse surveillance system

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.

Mapping the spread of COVID-19 in Brazil

New research published in Science looks back at how COVID-19 spread over time throughout Brazil, to create a pandemic hotspot.

UF Health Jacksonville first in Florida to administer COVID-19 vaccine

A Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is administered to the first group of frontline healthcare workers at UF Health Jacksonville.

UF/IFAS connects small scale growers with post-Covid-19 digital marketing options

Small-scale grower operations have their advantages despite being challenged by access to large markets and limits on resources. In urban and rural environments, challenges that emerged from COVID-19 brought small-scale farms to light.

Survey: Eighty percent of Americans would get COVID-19 vaccine if available

80 percent of respondents indicated they would get a vaccine for COVID-19 if it were available

Initial impact of COVID-19 on Florida commercial real estate operations

This is a chart analysis using the same data from the previous COVID-19 paper1 to focus specifically on the state of Florida and further focus on selected metropolitan areas.

UF Health researchers donate gloves, masks and other PPE to support frontline colleagues

Researchers from across the University of Florida and UF Health have joined an urgent effort to collect and donate personal protective equipment, or PPE, to build upon existing stockpiles in support of clinical colleagues on the frontlines of treating COVID-19.

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