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What was the impact of COVID-19 on international trade?

Radio Hofstra University interviewed Dr. Amanda Phalin, a lecturer in the UF Warrington College of Business Management Department, about how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted international trade. Check out Dr. Phalin’s insights in this radio interview.

UF Health researcher explains new challenges to testing treatments during an outbreak

A UF team of infectious disease experts propose a core protocol for such vaccination trials.

UF Health project seeks to measure impact of coronavirus isolation on older adults

Many Americans are facing troubling emotional and lifestyle consequences of the self-isolation necessitated by the novel coronavirus pandemic. Lack of...

UF Health pilot program to deliver COVID-19 monoclonal antibody therapy to rural communities

As part of the White House’s Operation Warp Speed initiative, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services selected UF Health and...

Dr. Cindy Prins assesses spaces across UF campus for COVID-19 transmission risks

Cindy Prins, Ph.D., offers infection control assessments for UF entities who aim to resume activities throughout campus.

Research and Insights: Strategies to Overcome Misinformation and Instill Confidence in Vaccines

Despite more than 450,000 deaths from COVID-19 so far in the U.S., nearly a third of Americans say they definitely or probably will not get the vaccine, according to a recent Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs survey.

As school resumes, UF Health pediatrics expert gives advice on COVID-19 safety

Meanwhile, an internal report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concluded the delta variant is as contagious as chickenpox and more transmissible than the viruses that cause seasonal flu, the common cold and Ebola.

UF Health researcher answers top questions about the new COVID-19 vaccines

The leading COVID-19 vaccines aren’t anything like the polio vaccination your grandparents received — or even the flu shot you got this fall.

Smartphone-based saliva test that can detect COVID-19 earns UF professor honors in national contest

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.

UF Health study shows flu vaccination might confer protection against severe COVID-19

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.

In the fight against long-haul COVID-19 symptoms, vaccination still best preventive option

people, however, soon discover the microscopic invader won’t allow them to return to their normal lives even months after infection. It’s an especially insidious side of the coronavirus that makes vaccination all the more important — COVID-19 as chronic illness.

UF Virologist John Lednicky answers common questions about the coronavirus in Reddit AMA

John Lednicky, a virologist and research professor of environmental and global health at the UF’s College of Public Health and Health Professions and the UF Emerging Pathogens Institute, hosted a Reddit Ask Me Anything.

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