What you need to know about coronavirus: A timeline
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Editor's Note: If you think you might have COVID-19, contact the Alachua County Health Department at (352) 334-7900 or the Student Health Care Center at (352) 392-1161.
Editor's Note: If you think you might have COVID-19, contact the Alachua County Health Department at (352) 334-7900 or the Student Health Care Center at (352) 392-1161.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday declared the coronavirus pandemic a national emergency in order to free up more money and resources. But he denied any responsibility for delays in making testing available for the new virus, whose spread has roiled markets and disrupted the lives of everyday Americans.
Editor's Note: If you think you might have COVID-19, contact the Alachua County Health Department at (352) 334-7900 or the Student Health Care Center at (352) 392-1161.
Classes are moving online and students are moving out as UF continues to monitor the coronavirus pandemic.
The Florida Department of Health announced its second confirmed case of COVID-19 in Alachua County Thursday evening.
A UF student leaves the infirmary building after getting her flu medication on Wednesday. She said her visit was unrelated to the coronavirus, and she was wearing a mask when she came. UF’s Student Health Care Center started screening patients experiencing flu-like symptoms today, such as coughing, fevers or shortness of breath.
When Khadijah Dabo votes, she’s voting for three people instead of one.
UF Public Affairs sent an email Monday notifying students that UF Provost Joe Glover instructed faculty to start moving their in-person classes online to combat the spread of the coronavirus.
UF students who recently rallied for Israel at a conference with government officials were unknowingly exposed to two New York attendees who were later confirmed to have coronavirus.
Concerns for coronavirus becoming a pandemic has UF canceling some of its trips and programs to affected areas.
UF doesn’t know of anyone who has traveled from China, but just in case, the university is asking them to self-quarantine to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
For many, leaving a mark on the world means etching their initials into trees or spray painting on walls. But on a college campus, the most recognizable form of personalized art is stickers. Plastered on laptops, cups, skateboards and cars, stickers have become quite the fad. Here’s what five students at UF had to say about theirs.
Chinese officials quarantined Wuhan, China, Thursday, but not before 5 million travelers left the city, Mayor Zhou Xianwang reported.
Jorge Gomez was on vacation in late December when he caught the flu. Gomez, a UF biology lab manager, wasn’t the only one.
UF students, faculty and staff received an email Friday about the deadly coronavirus outbreak with preventative information for students.
A new study ranks Gainesville just at the cusp of the top 50 cities in the country for cases of sexually transmitted diseases.
The United States doesn’t require its citizens to have health insurance. However, UF requires their students to have health insurance, and with the additional cost of housing, food, tuition and other necessities, an increasing number of students are drowning in debt.
When it comes to improving healthcare, the cellphone in your pocket might just be one of the keys to progress — or it could act as a bandage covering the real problem.
English-speaking children in U.S. hospitals may take Harry Potter and National Geographic Kids for granted. But for Spanish-speaking patients at UF Health Shands Hospital, a book in their native language is hard to come by.