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COVID-19

UF Health virologist talks about variants and the future of the 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.

Dementia patients are at greater risk for COVID-19, particularly African Americans and people with vascular dementia — Michael S. Jaffee and Steven DeKosky

New research is shedding light on how dementia can increase people’s risk for developing COVID-19, particularly among two groups: African...

UF mobilizes campus, Exactech expertise to make vital COVID-19 nasal swabs

UF Health teamed up with UF Engineering to 3D print nasal swabs in an effort to mobilize campus and make COVID-19 testing more accessible.
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UF IFAS Professor answers Reddit AMA questions on food safety during COVID-19 pandemic

Keith Schneider, a professor and food safety expert at UF/IFAS hosted a Reddit Ask Me Anything addressing concerns on properly caring for fresh food during the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19, diabetes

COVID-19 not likely to trigger Type 1 diabetes, UF Health researchers find in joint study

A protein thought to be the novel coronavirus’ entryway into the body could not be detected in the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas in three dozen individuals.

UF Health cardiologist: COVID-19 might be a disease of the lungs and the heart

As researchers continue to unravel the mysteries of COVID-19, they are increasingly realizing the disease caused by the novel coronavirus often involves more than the lungs that it ravages.

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.

Pivoting to the pandemic, IoT engineers create wearable to stop COVID’s spread

A wristband that tells kids when they’re too close together at school. A wearable that detects a possible COVID infection before you feel sick.
Erin Westgate

UF Social Psychologist Erin Westgate answers Reddit AMA questions on boredom during COVID-19 pandemic

Erin Westgate, a social psychologist and director of the Florida Social Cognition and Emotion Lab, hosted a Reddit Ask Me...
Ira Longini

Ira Longini discusses coronavirus on NPR’s podcast Coronavirus Latest

UF researcher Ira Longini was on NPR to discuss the latest about the coronavirus.

Measuring the new normal post COVID-19

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

UF Health physician sifts facts from fears about COVID-19 and pregnant women

John Smulian, chair of the UF College of Medicine’s department of obstetrics and gynecology, provides important information on what is known about the novel coronavirus and pregnancy.
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