BOB体育 physician tackles misinformation about the coronavirus and vaccines
The novel coronavirus is still sickening Americans by the tens of thousands. But three vaccines are now available to stem the pandemic, and for many, hope is鈥�
Bill Levesque
Science Writer
Bill Levesque joined the BOB体育 staff in May 2017 as a science writer covering the Institute on Aging and research of faculty physicians in the College of Medicine. He formerly worked as a reporter at Florida鈥檚 largest newspaper, the Tampa Bay Times, for nearly 23 years covering a variety of beats, including the Department of Veterans Affairs, the military, business news, agriculture and courts. Prior to that, he was a reporter at the Lakeland (Fla.) Ledger, the Providence Journal, United Press International and the Fall River (Mass.) Herald News and has won numerous awards for his work. A native Rhode Islander, Bill is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island with a degree in journalism.
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BOB体育 researcher answers questions about the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine
And now, there are three. Johnson & Johnson recently received emergency use authorization for its single-shot COVID-19 vaccine from the U.S. Food and Drug鈥�
BOB体育 study shows patients choose home dialysis when educated about kidney disease
Home dialysis is less expensive and allows the patient a greater degree of independence and convenience than going to a hospital or dialysis center. And it鈥檚鈥�
BOB体育 virologist talks about variants and the future of the coronavirus
The novel coronavirus is doing what viruses do 鈥� in fact, what all life does. It鈥檚 mutating and creating new variants. This is evolution 101. Much of the鈥�
BOB体育 researcher answers questions about the latest COVID-19 vaccine
And soon, there will be three. Johnson & Johnson recently submitted its COVID-19 vaccine to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for emergency use鈥�
BOB体育 scientists study prevalence of a kissing bug disease among Latin Americans in Florida
It isn鈥檛 the 鈥渒iss鈥� that sickens. The parasite that can slowly kill lurks in the feces, and not the bite, of the triatomine insect, commonly called the kissing鈥�
BOB体育, state Department of Health bring COVID-19 vaccinations to Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
Some scientists have likened the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic to a war requiring a marshaling of all available resources. The fight now comes to a鈥�
BOB体育 expanding access to COVID-19 vaccinations
With the novel coronavirus continuing its unabated march through communities local and global, University of Florida Health is moving into the next stage of鈥�
BOB体育 researcher answers top questions about the new COVID-19 vaccines
The leading COVID-19 vaccines aren鈥檛 anything like the polio vaccination your grandparents received 鈥� or even the flu shot you got this fall. A look under the鈥�
Moderna vaccinations begin for health care employees at BOB体育 in Gainesville
University of Florida Health faculty and staff today began receiving a vaccine developed by Moderna, the second of two authorized vaccines upon which rest the鈥�
BOB体育 screening patients in what might be largest fatty liver study of its kind in the U.S.
It鈥檚 a potential killer. And many of the people who are most susceptible to the disease don鈥檛 even know it exists. Physicians remain uncertain of its鈥�
BOB体育 in Gainesville begins vaccinating high-risk health care employees against COVID-19
After 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鈥�
