STEM Translational Communication Center researchers have been awarded NIH grant which is testing the efficacy of using virtual technology to increase colorectal cancer screening among rural and minority patients.
The number of American travelers who said domestic air travel should be avoided increased from 32% to 43% in three weeks, according to a new survey.
Families are beginning to ask more questions about when COVID-19 vaccines will be offered to children younger than 16, and...
Patients with a vitamin D deficiency were four times more likely to be COVID-19 positive than those with a sufficient amount of the crucial vitamin.
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.
A UF professor won 2nd place in a technology competition sponsored by the NIH for a rapid saliva test that can be used to diagnose COVID-19.
The UF Health lung transplant team has collaborated with researchers around the world to identify preliminary guidelines for successful transplantation in patients whose lungs have been permanently damaged by the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Combining an anti-inflammatory drug with an antiviral drug reduces recovery time and accelerates improvement for COVID-19 patients, a national study co-authored by UF Health researchers has found.
Three common antihistamine medications have been found in preliminary tests to inhibit infection of cells by the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
Three vaccines are now available to stem the pandemic, and for many, hope is increasing that a future free from the fear of COVID-19 is near.
To learn how we might fight the next viral pandemic, consider an engine on a commercial jet.
An engineer can recreate that engine and its every component on a computer.
Thirty UF faculty members and students answered the call when the state of Florida needed to drastically boost the number of epidemiologists working with health departments around the state.