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Returning back to his roots, Dr. Mike Bertulfo recently opened Women’s Lift Lab in Downtown Gainesville to help women of all ages improve their health and become stronger. Mike is a clinical educator dedicated to improving wellness through increased knowledge and behavior modification… Before moving back to Gainesville, he worked in D.C. for five years...

Local first responders and emergency room employees who do not have symptoms of the novel coronavirus but nonetheless worry they have been exposed to it can now receive testing at University of Florida Health. The testing involves a UF Emerging Pathogens Institute research study and will use an assay that has been developed in house...

The six panelists include Craig Wilburn, partner at Keller Williams and founder of Team Dynamo; Holly Moebus, real estate agent at Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Thomas Group; Andy Mauldin, agent at Pepine Realty; Kristen Rabell, owner and broker at Rabell Realty Group; Dave Ferro, managing broker for Watson Realty Corp; and Lisa Fetrow,...

As the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic continues to escalate, experts are warning of a dire shortage of blood as donors stay home and blood drives across the country are canceled. People should continue to donate blood while taking appropriate precautions and following guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about social distancing and hand...

University of Florida Health experts and their collaborators completed over 2,000 COVID-19 tests in The Villages® last week, and while the number of positive cases is still low, experts urge continued vigilance to reduce the risk of community spread. A team of volunteer UF Health medical professionals together with personnel from The Villages Health primary...

Ology Bioservices Inc., a biologics contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), and Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc., (NASDAQ: INO) developing DNA medicines for infectious diseases and cancer, announced that the Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded Ology Bioservices with a contract valued at $11.9 million to work with Inovio on DNA technology transfer to rapidly manufacture DNA...

Author and game developer Michael Tomaino is inspired to bring positivity in everyone’s lives. Helping others and making them feel valued has always been his passion.  On this week’s episode of the WHOA GNV Podcast, Michael opens up to hosts Collin and Michael about his journey to Gainesville and the impact he’s made in the...

Cox Communications has partnered with United Way of North Central Florida (UWNCFL) to distribute more than 100 Chromebook computers to local children in need. These Chromebook computers have been donated as part of Cox’s mission to bridge the digital divide for community members.  “Since schools closed, we have had partners contact us looking for help...

As a University of Florida mechanical engineering student decades ago, Samsun Lampotang, Ph.D., helped respiratory therapist colleagues build a minimal-transport ventilator that became a commercial success. So, when the coronavirus pandemic hit and he heard the desperate international plea for thousands more ventilators, the longtime UF professor of anesthesiology set out to build a prototype...

The U.S. Small Business Administration is offering low-interest federal disaster loans for working capital to Florida small businesses suffering substantial economic injury as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), SBA Administrator Jovita Carranza announced.  SBA acted under its own authority, as provided by the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act that was recently signed...