What you need to know about the possible smell/taste link to COVID-19

By Alisson Clark • Mar 26, 2020 • Featured Articles, Lead Story

As more anecdotes surface from physicians around the world about patients with COVID-19 losing their senses of smell and taste, we asked Steven Munger, Ph.D, director of the University of Florida Center for Smell and Taste,...

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UF researchers lead the way in rapidly designing, building low-cost, open-source ventilator

By Michelle Jaffee • Mar 25, 2020 • Featured Articles, Lead Story

As a University of Florida mechanical engineering student decades ago, Samsun Lampotang, Ph.D., helped respiratory therapist colleagues build a minimal-transport ventilator that became a commercial success. So, when the...

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COVID-19 highlights need for blood donations

By Leah Buletti • Mar 25, 2020 • Featured Articles, Lead Story

As the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic continues to escalate, experts are warning of a dire shortage of blood as donors stay home and blood drives across the country are canceled.   People should continue to donate blood...

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UF Health physician sifts facts from fears about COVID-19 and pregnant women

By Ken Garcia • Mar 25, 2020 • Featured Articles, Lead Story

Pregnancy is already a stressful time for many women. With the spread of COVID-19, many expectant women are worried about what the virus means for their health and the health of their baby.  John Smulian, M.D., M.P.H., chair...

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UF Health staff conduct drive-by swabbing for COVID-19 testing

UF Health working with The Villages® and state officials to rapidly ramp up coronavirus testing

By UF Health • Mar 23, 2020 • Lead Story

High-res image available here For more information, please contact Ken Garcia at kdgarcia@ufl.edu or 352-273-5810. GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida Health is teaming up with The Villages® community, The Villages Health...

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Hope & Healing Blog

Sandra Davis-Quinney and her husband share a moment of contemplation, resting their foreheads on one another.
The Ride of Her Life
by Kacey Finch • Mar 17, 2020
Sandra Davis-Quinney has met bumps, curves and stops on her cancer journey. Even with the rough roads she’s traveled, Sandra tries to remain hopeful...READ MORE
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The POST Magazine

Moving Mountains

October 2019

All Andy needed was a chance, and a miracle

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Health In A Heartbeat

ARCHIVE: “Keeping Pets Safe in Summer Months” (Original air March 23, 2013)

Mar 27, 2020

Speaker: Dr. Michael Schaer With warmer weather comes increased outdoor activity, both for people and for pets. Dr. Michael Schaer, an emergency and critical care specialist, talks about some of the common problems pets experience in spring and summer months and how to keep these problems at bay....

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Animal Airwaves

Canine ear infections: it’s more than just the smell

Mar 25, 2020

If your dog’s ears are smelly, it’s probably more than just a nuisance. It’s likely due to an infection. Although ear infections aren’t unique to any one species, dogs are particularly at risk because of their ear anatomy. Canine ear infections are often a sign of other problems, like allergies,...

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