COVID-19 fatality rate is dropping rapidly in Florida
The overall case hospitalization rate dropped from 11.6% in the 2 weeks before June 10 to 5.9% in the 2 weeks after June 10, and...
University of Florida named coordinating center for national drug abuse surveillance system
The University of Florida will lead nationwide efforts to identify emerging drug abuse trends as the coordinating center for the National Drug Early Warning System,...
July 10 update: 107 new positive tests, 2 new hospitalizations, no new deaths
27% of the 509 students tested so far by UF have had positive COVID tests....
July 9 update: 79 new positive tests, 2 new hospitalizations, no new deaths
Although Alachua County's number of positive tests is much higher than it was before June 11, the trendline has been flat at around 75 cases...
July 8 update: 91 new positive tests, no new hospitalizations, no new deaths
According to the state dashboard, Alachua County has a cumulative total of 1792 people with COVID-19-positive test results, an increase of 91 from yesterday on...
UF veterinarians successfully using new placenta-derived treatment for animals with severe bone loss
A human placenta-derived compound developed by a University of Florida faculty member in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering is being used with promising results...
COVID test positivity is not a meaningful statistic because not all negatives are reported
The percentage of positive COVID tests has increased dramatically in Alachua County and in Florida, and we now have evidence that this percentage is misleading...
July 7 update: 65 new positive tests, no new hospitalizations, no new deaths
There have been no new hospitalizations in the past 5 days....
July 6 update: 58 new positive tests, no new hospitalizations, no new deaths
Alachua County has had no new hospitalizations for the past 4 days and only 3 hospitalizations in the past week. In the 26 days before...
July 5 update: 72 new positive tests, no new hospitalizations, no new deaths
No new hospitalizations for the third day in a row, and no new deaths....