

UF Health expanding access to COVID-19 vaccinations
By Bill Levesque • Jan 5, 2021 • Featured Articles, Lead StoryWith the novel coronavirus continuing its unabated march through communities local and global, University of Florida Health is moving into the next stage of its COVID-19 vaccination program this week as it begins to offer...

UF Health researcher answers top questions about the new COVID-19 vaccines
By Bill Levesque • Jan 4, 2021 • Lead StoryThe leading COVID-19 vaccines aren’t anything like the polio vaccination your grandparents received — or even the flu shot you got this fall. A look under the hood unveils a remarkable advancement in medicine. The COVID-19...

Moderna vaccinations begin for health care employees at UF Health in Gainesville
By Bill Levesque a... • Dec 23, 2020 • Lead StoryUniversity of Florida Health faculty and staff today began receiving a vaccine developed by Moderna, the second of two authorized vaccines upon which rest the hopes of ending a relentless pandemic. At 10 a.m., David R. Nelson, M...

UF Health in Gainesville begins vaccinating high-risk health care employees against COVID-19
By Bill Levesque, ... • Dec 16, 2020 • Lead StoryAfter months of anguish and anticipation, after the long days and the longer nights of a pandemic that has stressed communities across Florida, the nation and the world, Gainesville took the first step today toward an eventual...

UF Health among first in world to use novel diaphragmatic pacer to help COVID-19 patients breathe
By Dorothy Hagmajer • Dec 15, 2020 • Featured Articles, Lead StoryAs the world’s focus shifts from COVID-19 vaccine creation to distribution, researchers and clinicians continue to search for ways to alleviate the suffering of patients and the demands on crowded hospitals. Now, after Emergency...
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Vitamin D deficiency tied to increased COVID-19 risk, unique UF data study finds
By Kim Rose • College of Public Health and Health Professions, UF College of Dentistry, University of Florida, UF Health, College of Medicine, Clinical and Translational Science Institute • Jan 20, 2021 -
UF study sheds light on the roles of children and asymptomatic infections in COVID-19 household transmission
By Jill Pease • College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida • Jan 19, 2021 -
University of Florida Health researchers win $75 million grant to help develop new antibiotic
By Doug Bennett • University of Florida, UF Health, College of Medicine • Jan 14, 2021 -
UF Nursing opens leading-edge simulation and learning lab
By Anna Hoffman • UF College of Nursing, University of Florida, UF Health • Jan 13, 2021
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City-run vaccination sites in Jacksonville could end new first dose vaccinations after Thursday
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Concern Grows in Florida Over More Contagious COVID Strain
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Children 60% More Likely To Spread COVID Than Adults, Study Says
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ANALYSIS: Data shows thousands of Floridians overdue for 2nd dose of COVID-19 vaccine
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Facing High Drug Costs, Some US Cancer Survivors Buy Prescriptions Abroad
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Tooth or consequences: Even during a pandemic avoiding the dentist can be bad for your oral health
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UF Health gets $75M grant to help develop new antibiotic
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At least 20 cases of coronavirus variant in Florida, CDC says
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Health Beat: Protecting kids from asthma
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Managing delirium in the pediatric patient
My American Nurse official Journal of the American Nurses • Jan 13, 2021
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Health In A Heartbeat
Find a friend, improve your reading comprehension
Jan 21, 2021
Could the key to improving reading comprehension be as simple as reading with a friend? It has been known for some time that a person’s drive, attention and focus on details can increase when in the presence of others. Now, processing language could be added to that list. New research shows how a...
Animal Airwaves
When pups leave the litter too soon
Jan 21, 2021
When puppies are antisocial or aggressive or deliver painful bites, it could be because they were taken too early from their mom and littermates. There are several reasons why litters should stay together and with Mom until the pups are at least 7 weeks old. Key among them is allowing puppies to...
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Horse and pills: helping the medicine go down
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Cancer affects large animals, too
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A diet designed to block feline allergies
Jan 15, 2021