University of Florida economists now have a baseline understanding of ways the pandemic has affected the agriculture, aquaculture and marine sectors of Florida’s economy.
State economies continue to reopen, and experts are working to provide the best information on what to expect.
Efforts are in underway to speed up the process on COVID-19 research for UF Health researchers to evaluate a drug treatment for coronavirus.
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.
Researchers at UF departments of environmental and global health and epidemiology received a RAPID grant from NSF to study materials used to protect against COVID-19.
When you stocked up supplies for quarantine, you likely checked several items off your hurricane preparation kit list as well. That head start will come in handy as hurricane season elbows its way into the pandemic in progress.
Surveys conducted by UF economists show the varying impacts COVID-19 has across different industries.
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.
Patients with severe cases of COVID-19 who were treated with the investigational drug remdesivir recovered faster than those who did not take it, based on results released this week of an international clinical trial that included UF Health.
The mortality rate of the COVID-19 pandemic has altered the standard process of drug development, amplifying the need for lifesaving treatment and marking the start of the sprint toward a cure or gold standard treatment.