The race to find effective treatments for COVID-19 isn’t just about developing new drugs. University of Florida Health scientists are studying a trio of existing medications known to have broad antiviral activity.
As a national study ramps up at University of Florida Health and other sites around the country to test whether...
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a lifesaver for shelter animals. During the past year, Florida’s animal shelters have collectively saved...
UF experts discuss how to engage with older friends and family members during the coronavirus crisis while still adhering to social distancing recommendations.
University of Florida Health researchers are joining an ambitious global effort led by The Rockefeller Foundation to better track the coronavirus and its variants and set up a network of collaborators to stop any nascent pandemic in the future.
UF researcher Ira Longini was on NPR to discuss the latest about the coronavirus.
A flu vaccination might do more than protect against influenza. It might also shield some people from a severe case of COVID-19 — even though the infection is caused by an entirely different virus.
UF Health researchers begin developing an at-home test for coronavirus.
The novel coronavirus is doing what viruses do — in fact, what all life does. It’s mutating and creating new variants. This is evolution 101.
Erin Westgate, a social psychologist and director of the Florida Social Cognition and Emotion Lab, hosted a Reddit Ask Me...
The technique uses a harmless virus to help fight a harmful virus. In this case, the harmless virus is used to package and deliver a gene from SARS-CoV-2, the strain of coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The gene therapy vaccine can’t replicate on its own but is potent enough to trigger a beneficial, antivirus response from the immune system.
The question kept coming up: Why are some countries in the grip of COVID-19 while others appear less affected?