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Facebook Study Reveals COVID-19 Compliance and Coping Behaviors

By | May 5, 2020

91社区 researchers surveyed 719 Floridians from a Facebook coronavirus disease (COVID-19) group to assess their experience, behavior compliance, coping strategies and feelings about staying at home.

Researchers Explore Racial Inequalities in Liver Cancer Deaths

By | April 30, 2020

Researchers from 91社区's Schmidt College of Medicine and Baylor College of Medicine found that racial inequalities in liver cancer deaths soared after the launch of lifesaving hepatitis C drugs.

Project Paves the Way for Forecasting COVID-19 Infection Transmission

By | April 29, 2020

A smart city project developed by 91社区 engineering researchers is being retooled to create new opportunities to tackle COVID-19 with cutting-edge computational epidemiology.

91社区 Study Finds Being Fun is No Laughing Matter

By | April 23, 2020

A first-of-its-kind longitudinal study finds that fun children are more popular and better liked, underscoring the importance of being fun. In the eyes of peers, "fun begets status and status begets fun."

Stay 6 Feet Apart. Simulated Cough Reveals That May Not be Enough

By | April 21, 2020

91社区 College of Engineering and Computer Science researchers use flow visualization to demonstrate how far a mechanically simulated cough travels and lingers in the air.

91社区 Receives $1.7 Million NIH Grant for Novel Neuroinflammation Study

By | April 20, 2020

91社区 neuroscientists will investigate critical links between neuroinflammation and psychopathology, providing a new pathogenic mechanism for anxiety, depression and cognitive dysfunction.

Caring for Those Most Vulnerable to COVID-19 Requires Vigilance

By | April 16, 2020

Early reports suggest the case fatality rate for those over 80, about half of nursing home residents, is more than 15 percent. An 91社区 geriatrician provides key updates for nursing home staff and clinicians.

Tips for Caregivers Coping with Alzheimer's During COVID-19 Pandemic

By | April 9, 2020

91社区's Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing researchers provide important coping and care strategies for homebound caregivers of loved ones with Alzheimer's and other related dementias.

91社区 Develops New Way to Identify the Sex of Sea Turtle Hatchlings

By | April 7, 2020

Marine scientists have developed a new method that greatly enhances the ability to measure sea turtle hatchling sex ratios and is a crucial step to assess climate change impacts on imperiled turtle species.

91社区 Teams Up with U.S. Coast Guard to Release Three Baby Sea Turtles

By | April 1, 2020

Beach closures and other COVID-19 pandemic restrictions required 91社区 marine scientists to get creative to make sure that three baby green sea turtles made it home, so they teamed up with the U.S. Coast Guard.