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Trio of medications showing early promise against coronavirus, UF Health researchers find

Sep 8, 2020

The race to find effective treatments for COVID-19 isn’t just about developing new drugs. University of Florida Health scientists are studying a trio of existing medications […]

Covid-19

UF Health pediatrician gives guidance on new inflammatory syndrome in children

Mainstreet Daily News

Jul 13, 2020

There is now another reason to pay even closer attention to a child’s fever. A temperature spike may be an indication of multi-system inflammatory syndrome in […]

Local News

UF Health awarded $1 million grant for pediatric telehealth services to underserved patients

Mainstreet Daily News

Jun 26, 2020

The University of Florida College of Medicine’s department of pediatrics has been awarded a nearly $1 million federal grant to expand telemedicine services and equipment among […]

Health

UF Health develops critical-care telemedicine to benefit COVID-19 patients in The Villages

Mainstreet Daily News

Jun 10, 2020

When COVID-19 cases began climbing throughout the country in March, UF Health medical leaders in Gainesville and Central Florida focused on the need to deliver round-the-clock […]

Education

UF mobilizes campus, Exactech expertise to make vital COVID-19 nasal swabs

Mainstreet Daily News

May 21, 2020

When University of Florida Health needed a massive supply of nasal swabs for expanded COVID-19 testing, the solution was right on campus and just across town. […]

Local News

Amid COVID-19 crisis, telehealth visits surge at University of Florida Health

Mainstreet Daily News

Apr 20, 2020

Jon Moller, administrator of telehealth and outreach in the department of pediatrics (foreground) and Jesse T. Fletcher, a UF Health Physicians administrator (background), As the COVID-19 […]