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A clinical trial for Aviptadil (RLF-100) is underway at UofL for severe COVID-19 patients. Image courtesy NeuroRx.

UofL conducting clinical trial on drug for severe COVID-19 respiratory effects

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The University of Louisville is conducting a clinical trial on a new treatment for critically ill COVID-19 patients meant to lessen...
Brad Rodu, D.D.S.

NEWS TIP: UofL harm reduction expert says FDA approval of tobacco system as useful...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – On July 7, the US Food and Drug Administration approved Philip Morris International’s IQOS heat-not-burn tobacco product system status as a...
Tino Mkorombindo

UofL medical student launches nonprofit to help minority students

Increasing diversity in the medical field is Tino Mkorombindo’s goal, and the reason he has established Greater Influence Inc., a nonprofit that serves as...
Tino Mkorombindo

UofL med school student launches nonprofit to help minority students

Increasing diversity in the medical field is Tino Mkorombindo’s goal, and the reason he has established Greater Influence Inc., a nonprofit that serves as...
COVID-19.

UofL Health Phase I results of Co-Immunity Project show precautions work to prevent spread...

Results from the first phase of the University of Louisville’s groundbreaking project to track COVID-19 in Metro Louisville show that precautionary measures worked in...
Troy R. Henderson Sr., MSD water quality engineer (right) and Rick Strehl, field data technologist, University of Louisville Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute. Photo courtesy MSD.

MSD and UofL testing Louisville wastewater to track COVID-19

Researchers at the University of Louisville are working with Louisville/Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District to determine if areas of COVID-19 infection can be tracked...
Troy R. Henderson Sr., MSD water quality engineer (right) and Rick Strehl, field data technologist, University of Louisville Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute. Photo courtesy MSD.

MSD and UofL testing Louisville wastewater to track COVID-19 Co-Immunity Project receives $1 million...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Researchers at the University of Louisville are working with Louisville/Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD) to determine if areas of COVID-19...

Psychiatry professor elected to American Telemedicine Association College of Fellows

The global pandemic has brought significant changes to most industries, including health care. Adoption of telemedicine is on the increase, an achievement recognized by...
Diagram showing levels of neutrophil immune cells (red dots) in a healthy donor, a patient with moderate COVID-19 and a patient with severe COVID-19. Data analysis by Corey T. Watson, Ph.D., David Tieri, Ph.D., and M.D./Ph.D. student Anne Geller.

UofL immunologist discovers biomarker that predicts a crisis in COVID-19 patients

Dr. Jun Yan, professor of surgery and microbiology and immunology at the University of Louisville, led a team of researchers in the discovery of...
Diagram showing levels of neutrophil immune cells (red dots) in a healthy donor, a patient with moderate COVID-19 and a patient with severe COVID-19. Data analysis by Corey T. Watson, Ph.D., David Tieri, Ph.D., and M.D./Ph.D. student Anne Geller.

UofL immunologist discovers biomarker warning of cellular crisis that could cause death in COVID-19...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Jun Yan, M.D., Ph.D., professor of surgery and microbiology and immunology at the University of Louisville, led a team of researchers...