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One person has been confirmed dead, several injured victims were transferred to UF Health Shands Hospital.
Read More »I-75 Southbound Lanes Blocked Due To Fatal Crash Near Micanopy
Find Out Florida: Comparing How Long You Wait in Emergency Rooms
On Find Out Florida at WUFT.org today, explore the answer to this audience question: “Our hospitals advertise how short the waiting times are in their emergency rooms. How long do people actually wait?”
Read More »Man Accused of Fleeing Gainesville Police In High-Speed Chase Sentenced to 20 Years In Prison
Police said he tried on July 16, 2016, to rob the Campus USA credit union at UF Health Shands.
Read More »New UF Health Hospital Buildings Bring Specialization, Rooms
Construction of the two new UF Health Shands hospitals is ahead of schedule. The twin hospitals will bring more specialization in heart and cardiovascular diseases and neuromedicine units.
Read More »Gainesville Miniature Horses Comfort Patients
A Gainesville team of therapy miniature horses use their calming effect to comfort surgical and trauma patients across the nation and locally.
Read More »Erich Farber, Solar-Energy Pioneer And UF Professor, Dies At 95
Erich Farber, a renowned expert in solar-energy technologies and a University of Florida researcher and professor, passed away on April 9. He was 95.
Read More »UF Bans Man, 54, After He Confronts African American Studies Employees
A 54-year-old man has been banned from the University of Florida campus after university officials say he walked into the African American Studies Program's office and confronted employees there.
Read More »Hedges Delivers ‘Mixed Signals’
'Mixed Signals' is the long-awaited new album from Gainesville's Jason Hedges and his band, HEDGES. Friday's album release concert will be recorded and streamed live from Heartwood Soundstage in downtown Gainesville.
Read More »UF Health Shands Springhill To Expand With $36 Million Addition
The University of Florida Board of Trustees approved a $36 million addition to UF Health's facilities in Springhill in March. The new facility will be open for patients by August 18.
Read More »In Photos: Dance Marathon Sets New Fundraising Record
More than 800 dancers from various University of Florida student organizations raised more than $2.7 million at this year's Dance Marathon fundraising event.
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