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Inventing a new kind of plastic to remove plastic pollution from our drinking water may sound counterintuitive. But for Frank Leibfarth, PhD, it makes perfect

Early in the covid pandemic, testing for the virus was tied to central, certified laboratories that quickly became overwhelmed. During peak viral surges, results often

Remember alpha, the first COVID-19 variant? It first appeared in Great Britain in late 2020. Alpha put the world on alert that mutations can change

New research by a team of University of Florida investigators, and others, provides evidence that host immunity drives evolution of the dengue virus. The work,

A University of Florida research team is helping to build the case that coronaviruses move between animals and people at a more frequent rate than

Even before the 2015 Zika pandemic subsided, researchers recognized the links between a warming world and arboviruses shifting their ranges into new areas where human

Countries report deaths from COVID-19 in different ways, which has created challenges for researchers who seek to uncover the pandemic’s global mortality patterns. While it’s

our University of Florida researchers led a recent meta-analysis to uncover trends in household transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Their study published

War and disease have intertwined across history to the point that untangling the affects one has upon the other may appear incalculable. But UF Emerging

UF researcher Ira Longini works to understand infectious diseases and their transmission dynamics across the globe — and how to halt or slow them down.