Fictitious Names – Week Ending June 26, 2020
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Florida Blue’s gift to UF Health Pathology Laboratories helps Floridians return to work and school
A three-year, $220,000 grant from Florida Blue to UF Health Pathology Laboratories will fund the purchase of a laboratory information management system, technology that will help ensure rapid and accurate COVID-19 pooled testing. Michael J. Clare-Salzler, M.D., chair of the UF College of Medicine’s department of pathology, immunology and laboratory medicine, said the pooled testing...
Local Real Estate Market Statistics Released
The May sales report is in and the data is sending mixed signals. May 2020 sales are down 28% compared to May 2019. “Even though closings are down, I’m encouraged by some of the other numbers,” said Jeremy Thomas, President of the Gainesville-Alachua County Association of REALTORS. “Prices seem to be holding, properties are selling,...
County Mental Health First Aid Training Initiative Recognized with Achievement Award
The Alachua County Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Training Initiative was recently recognized with an Achievement Award from the National Association of Counties (NACo). The Department of Court Services managed this Initiative. This responsibility was granted in recognition of the Department’s prior experience in helping MHFA training be expanded to local criminal justice agencies under...
UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital earns national rankings in three medical specialties
University of Florida Health Shands Children’s Hospital is nationally ranked in three pediatric medical specialties as part of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Children’s Hospital rankings for 2020-21 released today. The rankings extend a remarkable run of national recognition for the programs. UF Health’s pediatric cardiology, pulmonology and endocrinology programs have been ranked among...
Fictitious Names – Week Ending June 19, 2020
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Gainesville Native serves aboard future U.S. Navy warship
By Rick Burke, Navy Office of Community Outreach A native of Gainesville, Florida, is serving aboard one of the nation’s newest and most versatile combat ships, the future USS Kansas City. Petty Officer 1st Class Aaron Dampier is a 2009 Hawthorne High School graduate. According to Dampier, the values required to succeed in the Navy...
Water Quality Field Testing App Earns NACo Achievement Award
Alachua County Information and Technology Services (ITS) Department was awarded a 2020 Achievement Award for its Water Quality Field Testing App. The App was developed to replace several paper-based data collection tasks as well as to automate manual reporting tasks required to maintain one of our community’s most valuable resources: clean, safe water. The application...
Keep Florida Beautiful Appoints New Executive Director
The Board of Directors for Keep Florida Beautiful (KFB), one of the largest volunteer-based community organizations in the Sunshine State, has announced the appointment of Savanna Christy as Executive Director. Savanna came to KFB from the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission in February 2019 and served as Program Coordinator, assisting with the daily operations...
UF researchers study whether approved drugs can block transmission of virus behind COVID-19
A new study by University of Florida researchers aims to identify a drug or drugs that can potentially be used to prevent and/or treat infection with COVID-19 by interfering with a known behavior of the virus — the way it binds to its cellular receptor, facilitating transmission to the respiratory system. The receptor — angiotensin-converting...