In a nationwide online survey, 74% of Americans who traveled for leisure said they were motivated by travel to get a vaccine.
A national committee that includes a prominent University of Florida physician has recommended to federal and world leaders a four-phase approach to fairly allocate COVID-19 vaccines when they become available.
Calistus Ngonghala, a UF math professor, published a study on how contributions like wearing masks and social distancing could affect the spread of COVID-19.
“Travel restrictions delay, but do not stop the spread of the virus,” said Ira Longini, a member of the UF Emerging Pathogens Institute.
New research into why teachers leave the profession could help schools avoid an exodus of instructors during the COVID-19 pandemic.
UF Engineering researcher Eric Jing Du received a NSF RAPID Grant to study how people can have improved responses to future global crises.
Members in UF’s Warren B. Nelms Institute, CISE and ECE are developing an affordable wearable device that indicates appropriate social distancing.
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.
UF researchers ask how knowledge, attitudes and behaviors regarding the COVID-19 pandemic may affect infection rates, and the mental health, of children and their parents.
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.
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.
Alex Fox-Alvarez leads online small group rounds with UF veterinary students on the surgery clinical clerkship who now required to learn remotely.