A team of UF researchers has identified dozens of novel therapeutic targets for the development of antiviral therapies against COVID-19 and other coronaviruses that infect people.
NIH has launched two adaptive clinical trials evaluating the safety and effectiveness of blood thinners to treat COVID-19.
Gabriela Hamerlinck teaches about pandemics at UF.
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.
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.
Many Americans are simply touching their faces too often during the novel coronavirus pandemic, public health officials have observed, potentially increasing their exposure to the pathogen.
Center for Arts, Migration, and Entrepreneurship affiliate faculty developed the Virtual Creative Arts Academy.
UF Virologist and public health expert John A. Lednicky explains how bad the outbreak might become.
In recent years, public health emergencies caused by epidemics have led to the use of genome sequencing to identify and characterize viral pathogens.
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.
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.
Researchers at the UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering receive a grant from the National Science Foundation to study COVID-19 modeling, staffing and PPE.