Tags: By: Doug Bennett UF Health

UF AI platform predicts surgical complications

Jun 3, 2022

Complications after surgery can pose many challenges for both physicians and patients. Now, University of Florida researchers have confirmed their artificial intelligence system accurately helps doctors […]

Health

UF drug discovery method targets breast cancer

Mainstreet Daily News

May 13, 2022

UF Scripps Biomedical Research scientist Dr. Matthew Disney, has found yet another groundbreaking approach to a problem that has long vexed scientists: How to cure diseases […]

Education

UF College of Medicine receives elite rankings

Mainstreet Daily News

Mar 30, 2022

The University of Florida College of Medicine retained its spot as the state’s top-ranked medical school and remains among the nation’s premier institutions, according to new […]

Health

UF develops artificial intelligence in ICU

Mainstreet Daily News

Nov 11, 2021

In the intensive care unit of the future, a patient’s pain level will be captured through visual cues such as body movement and facial expressions. Sensors […]

Covid-19

UF expert discusses COVID booster

Mainstreet Daily News

Sep 15, 2021

As the delta variant of the coronavirus persists, federal officials are urgently studying the safety and effectiveness of a third dose of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines as […]

Health

UF students to participate in landmark COVID-19 study

Mainstreet Daily News

Mar 29, 2021

The University of Florida will attempt to vaccinate more than 1,000 students as part of a landmark national study to determine whether young people who have […]

Health

UF Health’s chief epidemiologist answers COVID-19 vaccine questions

Mainstreet Daily News

Feb 9, 2021

As access to the COVID-19 vaccines continues to grow, one major challenge still looms large: vaccine hesitancy. Yet acceptance of the vaccine appears to be growing: […]

Health

Life inside a COVID-19 care unit

Mainstreet Daily News

Jan 30, 2021

Last March COVID-19 began appearing in North Florida. At UF Health Shands Hospital’s Unit 75, some doctors and nurses had a feeling of inevitability. Their unit […]

Health

UF Health chief epidemiologist debunks common COVID-19 vaccine myths

Mainstreet Daily News

Dec 22, 2020

Here is a link to the UF Health COVID-19 website, for more information about the vaccine: https://coronavirus.ufhealth.org/vaccinations/ As the new vaccines developed to combat COVID-19 begin to […]

Health

UF Health professor part of prestigious national committee advising on COVID-19 vaccine allocation

Mainstreet Daily News

Oct 21, 2020

A national committee that includes a prominent University of Florida physician has recommended to federal and world leaders a four-phase approach to fairly allocate COVID-19 vaccines […]