Two years into a worldwide pandemic and COVID-19 still grips our attention. And rightly so. Overall, there have been more than 250 million cases of COVID-19 and 5 million-plus deaths. Vaccines have offered hope, but with fewer than 60 percent of the American population fully vaccinated and new mutations bursting […]
In June 2020, the Office of Minority Health (OMH), part of Health and Human Services (HHS), announced the award of a $40 million grant to the Morehouse School of Medicine and key strategic partners, including the USF College of Public Health’s (COPH) Florida Prevention Research Center (FPRC). Along with ICF Next, a global […]
The slackening of vaccinations is leading to a large resurgence of COVID-19 infections in Florida. New data provided by University of South Florida epidemiologist Edwin Michael and colleague Ken Newcomb shows that there’s been a 70 percent drop in the rate of people getting vaccinated in Hillsborough County since April. […]
World Malaria Day is April 25. With the support of a five-year, $4.86-million National Institutes of Health grant, Distinguished University/USF Health Professor John Adams, PhD, leads a team of international researchers focused on accelerating the discovery of a vaccine against Plasmodium vivax malaria, a major global health problem. The new grant from the […]
Except for an occasional bike ride or kayaking with her husband, Donna Petersen hasn’t had much down time over the past 10 months. “That’s OK,” she says. “I’m doing what I need to be doing.” Petersen, associate vice president of USF Health and dean of the College of Public Health, […]