A premier syndicate of life sciences investors including Perceptive Advisors, Bain Capital Life Sciences, and RA Capital Management, together with Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc., announced a $107 million Series A financing to create AavantiBio, a gene therapy company focused on transforming the lives of patients with rare genetic diseases. The private…
A national committee that includes a prominent University of Florida physician has recommended to federal and world leaders a four-phase approach to fairly allocate COVID-19 vaccines when they become available.
Barry Byrne, M.D., Ph.D., receives “See The Light” Award from the Mathew Forbes Romer Foundation…
While many experts are focused on identifying COVID-19 cases and slowing transmission, one UF research team is focused on the pandemic’s fallout on children and households.
Dr. Jennifer Co-Vu, a pediatric cardiologist at UF Health Shands Hospital, said people tend to think of the coronavirus in terms of mortality as opposed to morbidity. As some children experience milder symptoms, it reinforces the idea that the virus doesn’t affect the youth, she said.
Every year from October 6 through 12, we celebrate National Physician Assistant Week. Thank you to all of our Physicians Assistants in the Department of Pediatrics for all you do for our patients every day. Here is a video created by the UF PA Program. Watch the video…
3D render of a medical background with virus cells on DNA strands The Epstein-Barr virus is a common, persistent and elusive invader. It typically spreads through saliva during childhood and often goes dormant after infection. The virus, also known as human herpesvirus 4, can cause mononucleosis and several cancers, including…
High-risk individuals and their families have spent the COVID-19 pandemic watching the rest of the world take a socially distanced walk in their shoes.
A recent JAMA Pediatrics Viewpoint essay acknowledges that while teachers deserve high praise for their response to the pandemic and shifted to online learning, “the educational outcomes were unsatisfying, families were burdened, and most are hesitant to repeat the same format.”…
For children with diabetes or other endocrine system disorders who come from less affluent families, access to care can be difficult and time-consuming. University of Florida Health experts will provide services for children in underserved communities in Collier County through a new grant from the Naples Children & Education Foundation that…
