Study: Lost wages from long COVID total $12.7 billion in just one year
January 15, 2026
UF Health study finds long COVID led to billions in lost wages.
Department of Community Health and Family Medicine, +3 more
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Combination of two common compounds improves COVID survival in mice, UF researchers find
November 22, 2023
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The combination of two over-the-counter compounds tested in mice significantly improved their chances of surviving the virus that causes…
College of Medicine, College of Pharmacy, Emerging Pathogens Institute, +1 more
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UF Health study finds association between news consumption and COVID-19 precautions
August 15, 2023
A new University of Florida College of Medicine study reinforces the influence of the news media during a health emergency, showing older adults who spent more…
Department of Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics, +5 more
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First ‘Institute Professor’ of The Wertheim UF Scripps Institute inventing new ways to target incurable diseases via RNA
February 21, 2023
Matthew D. Disney, Ph.D., a professor and chair of the Department of Chemistry at The Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology, has…
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UF College of Nursing, UF Health Shands Nursing, launch new program to fund nursing research and innovation
October 6, 2022
From developing new ways to communicate with patients to testing treatment protocols or running research trials in the hospital, nurses are known for coming up…
College of Nursing, +2 more
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UF Health study shows sleepy, older adults restricted movement during pandemic
September 12, 2022
Taking time to go places, to visit friends or take a walk in the park, to socialize and meet new people or to simply stroll outside the familiar walls of our…
College of Medicine, Institute on Aging, +2 more
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Breastfeeding and COVID-19: Here’s what we know now
Many parents have concerns as to whether it’s safe to breastfeed their child while having COVID-19, and many are wondering if it’s safe to do so while…
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UF researchers discover new way to inhibit virus that causes COVID-19
July 13, 2022
When the virus that causes COVID-19 enters the body, it hijacks cellular proteins and suppresses the human inflammatory response, allowing the virus to spread.…
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, +3 more
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UF Health pediatrics expert answers questions about COVID-19 vaccines for kids under age 5
June 20, 2022
With the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorizing the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines for children as young as 6 months of age, UF Health pediatrics…
Department of Epidemiology, Department of Pediatrics, +4 more
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UF Scripps scientists to receive $15 million to help fight current and future pandemics
May 23, 2022
Multiple scientists from UF Scripps Biomedical Research will join a massive federal effort to develop antiviral drugs to treat the pandemic coronavirus and…
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