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UofL-researched reusable, more effective N95-style face masks begin production

December 15, 2020

Production has begun on new University of Louisville-developed N95-style face masks that are low-cost, washable, reusable and could be better at filtering COVID-19 droplets and other airborne particles and viruses.

UofL Health's frontline workers the first in Kentucky to receive Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine

December 15, 2020

UofL Health welcomed Governor Andy Beshear 14 Dec. to mark a historic moment in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The first vaccines shipped to Kentucky were administered at UofL Hospital, which received 975 doses of the Pfizer vaccine.

UofL innovator known for drug discovery inducted into National Academy of Inventors

December 14, 2020

John Trent, a University of Louisville researcher and innovator known for harnessing the power of thousands of computers to discover drugs that could fight everything from cancer to coronavirus, has been named a Fellow of the