WUFT News News and Public Media for North Central Florida from the University of Florida in Gainesville
With over 16,000 positive cases in their midst, COVID-19 continues to be a major concern for colleges and universities across Florida.
Read More »COVID-19 Continues To Affect Florida Colleges And Universities
Parking Garage Outside Your Bedroom? It’s Possible For This Gainesville Neighbor
The argument over one complex became so fraught that it reached the docket of a state administrative law judge for dozens of hours of virtual hearings, which concluded earlier this month.
Read More »‘Need To Be A Little More Cautious’: Students And Medical Professionals Weigh In On COVID-19’s Impact On Young People
At a campaign rally in Ohio last month,President Donald Trump claimed that the coronavirus affects virtually no young people. But nearly 1,000 people between the ages of 0 and 29 contributed to the approximately 210,000 coronavirus-related deaths in the United States, according to the Center forDisease Control and Prevention’s COVID-19 Data Tracker.
Read More »Welcoming New Life In A Pandemic: Local Midwives See Surge Of Inquiries
Fear of exposure to COVID-19, worry about the restrictions on visitors allowed in the hospital room, and closures of other local birthing centers may be driving the surge.
Read More »Gainesville Prepares For Phase 3 Reopening
The Alachua County Commission and Gainesville City Commission met on Wednesday in a special meeting to discuss COVID-19 ordinances after Phase 3 was announced by the Governor.
Read More »Seventeen Anesthesiologist Residents, Fellow At University Hospital System Contract Virus After Private Party
The private house party, with between 20 and 30 guests, left almost as many positive for coronavirus.
Read More »WUFT Fanfares From Home Preview with Band Together’s Bob McPeek, Ken Block, Cathy DeWitt, & Rob Rothschild
WUFT's Fanfares From Home features several former Fanfares favorites performing like you’ve never seen before, including Billy Buchanan, Bears and Lions, the Savants of Soul, UF Health Arts in Medicine Musicians in Residence (Michael Claytor, Jason Hedges, Ricky Kendall, Sam Moss, and Cienna Wesley) Maestro Gary Langford from the Gainesville Community Band, and two unique videos produced this past May – one from the City of Gainesville called the Gainesville Sing-A-Long and Band Together.
Read More »Stuck At Home: What Is The New Normal In The COVID-19 Era?
As the world shuts its doors to hide from COVID-19, a new sense of normalcy has emerged inside many homes.
Read More »COVID-19 Strains Emergency Personnel Nerves And Resources In Florida’s Rural Counties
COVID-19 has changed the way rural departments approach, evaluate and transport patients.
Read More »‘The Airplane Is Flying While Being Built’: How Those On UF’s Campus Are Adapting To Coronavirus Restrictions
Reporters set out to gather reactions to the unfolding situation from more than a dozen of those still finishing up in-person work and class meetings on Thursday.
Read More »