COVID-19 Archive

Thirty UF faculty members and students answered the call when the state of Florida needed to drastically boost the number of epidemiologists working with health departments around the state.

Combining an anti-inflammatory drug with an antiviral drug reduces recovery time and accelerates improvement for COVID-19 patients, a national study co-authored by UF Health researchers has found.

Alex Fox-Alvarez leads online small group rounds with UF veterinary students on the surgery clinical clerkship who now required to learn remotely.

David P. Norton, Ph.D., has spent nearly a decade building a collaborative, leading-edge research environment at the University of Florida. But as the number of coronavirus cases began to swell in Florida this spring, Norton and his leadership colleagues faced a daunting challenge: how to pause — and then restart — research at UF’s 16 colleges in Gainesville and dozens of facilities statewide.

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.

Superfast, portable COVID-19 testing method detects the virus much faster than currently available methods.

UF Associate Professor of Philosophy discusses ethical actions in difficult circumstances.

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.

As laborers return to the fields this fall in Florida, both unauthorized workers and those authorized to plant and pick crops through a guest worker visa are vulnerable to the coronavirus.

Dr. Tom Hladish, research scientist in the Department of Biology and EP, was called upon by the Florida Department of Health (DOH) to advise on its COVID-19 response.