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UofL researcher using internet searches to map the spread of COVID-19

June 5, 2020

When they’re feeling sick, many people turn to the internet. They Google their symptoms — headache, chest pain, shortness of breath — hoping to learn more about what’s happening in their bodies. 

UofL receives $3.8M to test new gene therapy for heart attacks

May 28, 2020

When someone has a heart attack, it causes muscle cells in their heart to die, and the heart cannot regenerate these cells.

Programs serving moms in recovery focus of new UofL study

May 26, 2020

A University of Louisville study will evaluate how health care, public health and social services organizations are working together to improve the health and well-being of individuals served through Freedom House programs in Louisville and Manche