USF

According to the CDC, just under 42 percent of Florida’s population ages 6 months and older received a vaccine last flu season — the lowest level in the country.

Sean Doody believes the coronavirus likely came from animals that were illegally trafficked to a wet market in China, and it’s only a matter of time before it happens again.

The project was formed by USF faculty members to combat COVID-19 misinformation but has expanded to include a range of health topics.

The program will train existing nurses to overcome burnout caused by COVID-19 while developing a pipeline for new nurses to join the hospital.

University of South Florida officials sent a letter to St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman asking to be a part of the redevelopment conversation.

Florida experienced about as many COVID-19 deaths during the month of August as it did in the 165 days — nearly six months — leading up to it, according to epidemiologist Jason Salemi.

The coronavirus pandemic and vaccine rollout have magnified inequities in Florida’s health care system, advocates say.

USF faculty will also work with the center to do research that will analyze data on the nursing field and come up with methods to keep nurses in Florida.

USF College of Public Health professor Jason Salemi said an average of six children were hospitalized each day with COVID-19 in early June. But during the last week of August, that increased to an average of 66.

One of the more significant themes to emerge from the study was that of a perceived desecration of society.