Gainesville's Pop Warner youth football and cheerleading program has teamed up with Athlete Brain, a University of Florida student organization that analyzes the kids' brain activity outside of practice through baseline concussion testing.
Read More »UF Counseling Services Face Increasing Amount Of Students In Distress
Academic stress and depression are increasing among UF students. 5,088 students were seen by the CWC in the 2016 to 2017 fiscal year, which is around 10% of the student body.
Read More »NPR’s ‘Hidden Brain’ Now Weekly Radio Show
NPR's "Hidden Brain" can be heard beginning Sunday at 4 p.m., right before "All Things Considered," part of the new weekend lineup on 89.1 WUFT-FM and 90.1 WJUF-FM.
Read More »As Shands Advances Child Care, Ronald McDonald’s Wait List Grows
Shands hospital shining as a national and international leader for children has presented a dilemma for families traveling for care: So many are coming that free-of-cost housing slots at Gainesville's Ronald McDonald House are tough to get.
Read More »Floridians With Epilepsy Getting Extra Aid After Hurricane Irma
The American Epilepsy Society announced Thursday its plans to give the Epilepsy Foundation of Florida $10,000 to help those with epilepsy recover after Hurricane Irma.
Read More »Marijuana Law Challenged Over Black Farmer License
A lawsuit filed Friday challenges the constitutionality of part of a new state law that requires a coveted medical-marijuana license to go to a black farmer.
Read More »Gainesville Nonprofit Readying Diabetes Supplies For Irma Response
Gainesville nonprofit Insulin for Life USA is preparing to ship thousands of pounds of diabetes-management supplies to those in the path of Hurricane Irma — days after it also did so in response to Hurricane Harvey hitting Texas.
Read More »Project oVert Turns Specimen X-rays Into 3-D Models
A new project will allow people to explore over 20,000 3-D vertebrate species online.
Read More »Santa Fe Planetarium Hosts Solar Eclipse Viewing
Solar eclipse glasses in hand, around 250 people visited Santa Fe's Kika Silva Pla Planetarium Monday afternoon to experience a total solar eclipse in the United States.
Read More »In Photos: 2017 Total Solar Eclipse
Millions of Americans gazed in wonder through telescopes, cameras and disposable protective glasses Monday as the moon blotted out the sun in the first full-blown solar eclipse to sweep the U.S. from coast to coast in nearly a century.
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