Tracking coronavirus in wastewater
Researchers track COVID-19 trends in an island community’s wastewater. The approach has broad implications as a public health surveillance tool.
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COVID-19
Endemic COVID-19 could be one to 10 years away
Dr. Ira Longini offers insight on the future of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Expert answers questions about COVID-19 booster shots for kids ages 12-15
Dr. Sonja A. Rasmussen discusses what parents should know about the Pfizer booster shot for 12- to 15-year-old children.
Clinicians may now be able to tell COVID-19 from seasonal flu with fast turnaround
An interdisciplinary team has developed a game-changing diagnostic test for SARS-CoV-2 that is fast, reliable, low-cost and capable of differentiating between COVID-19 and influenza.
UF leads team ready to tackle vaccine skepticism in Florida and beyond
UF faculty lead a multistate team that will work to boost COVID-19 and flu vaccination rates in areas where health care skepticism is common and vaccination rates are low.
COVID-19 spread undetected in U.S., Europe earlier than believed, offering lessons for future outbreaks, including transmission of omicron variant
Reconstructing the early unnoticed spread of COVID-19 offers important insights to help countries prepare for future outbreaks.
Patients who recover from severe COVID-19 still have significant risk of death
Patients who recovered from severe COVID-19 were 233% more likely to die within a year after infection than patients who tested negative.
Study explores differences in COVID-19 severity internationally
The CDC recently awarded a $10 million grant to a UF team to explore factors that can influence COVID-19 severity.
As school resumes, UF Health expert gives advice on COVID-19 safety
Dr. Sonja A. Rasmussen discusses what parents should know and do to help their children stay well.
Patients with severe COVID-19 twice as likely to require future hospitalizations for other illnesses
Researchers found patients who recovered from severe COVID-19 had more than twice the risk of being hospitalized again for an issue such as heart attack, stroke, pneumonia or pulmonary embolism.
