Millions of isolated people have found comfort by chatting with an AI bot. Therapeutic bots have improved users’ mental health for decades.
Which global distribution strategy for a hypothetical COVID-19 vaccine will save the most lives?
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 COVID-19 pandemic has drawn attention to the importance of the historical record of infectious disease and the importance of cultural practices, then and now.
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.
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.
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the world, the resulting economic consequences are negatively affecting people and businesses alike. With unemployment rates rivaling that of the Great Depression and many businesses hanging ‘closed’ signs in their windows, people are struggling to make essential payments – a major one being their personal and business properties.
Erin Westgate, a social psychologist and director of the Florida Social Cognition and Emotion Lab, hosted a Reddit Ask Me...
UF Virologist and public health expert John A. Lednicky explains how bad the outbreak might become.
Despite pandemic complications, 30% of travelers would consider cruising next year, a survey from the University of Florida shows, with fans of cruising even more willing to get onboard.
Gabriela Hamerlinck teaches about pandemics at UF.
The leading COVID-19 vaccines aren’t anything like the polio vaccination your grandparents received — or even the flu shot you got this fall.