UF Health Breathes Hope Into Eduardo After Suffering From Rare Lung Disease

Eduardo’s story begins in Puerto Rico, where he was born a healthy, full-term baby with no apparent complications. However, at just 5 months old, his health…

Seven UF Health specialties among nation’s best in new U.S. News hospital rankings

July 16, 2024

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Seven University of Florida Health Shands Hospital medical specialties are ranked among the best in the nation, once again marking UF…

UF Health’s new ECPR program saves its first heart attack patient

March 27, 2024

Frank Lowman is as hardworking as they come. Even after suffering a heart attack that led to cardiac arrest, Lowman focused on one thing that was extremely…

UF Health Shands Hospital again ranked among elite by U.S. News

August 1, 2023

University of Florida Health Shands Hospital, a perennial leader in health care in Florida, was again recognized Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report’s Best…

Gail was told there was no hope for her failing heart

At UF Health, she found a problem-solver in Dr. Thomas Beaver who was up to the challenge.

UF Health Shands hospitals nationally ranked in 10 adult, pediatric medical specialties

July 26, 2022

University of Florida Health Shands Hospital once again has the most nationally recognized adult and pediatric specialties among Florida hospitals ranked by…

UF nursing researcher gets to the ‘heart’ of cardiac health disparities

June 22, 2022

When diagnostic tests for the heart were first created, scientists at the time did not fully consider that no two bodies are the same, especially between the…

Robert Passmore

"He was having a brain attack." Robert Passmore felt a strange sensation as he was sitting on the couch one day. He tried to get up, but couldn’t. After a few…

UF researchers help develop highly accurate, 30-second coronavirus test

April 7, 2022

With any highly infectious disease, time can be a killer. It is crucial to get a test result for a pathogen quickly, lest someone continue in their daily lives…

Patients who recover from severe COVID-19 still have significant risk of death, UF study finds

December 1, 2021

Patients who have recovered from severe COVID-19 have more than twice the mortality risk within the year following their illness than people who have not…