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UK Gets NSF Funding to Develop Face Mask that Can Deactivate COVID-19

May 14, 2020, 8:37 AM

For the RAPID project, the team will create a membrane mask and other flat sheet materials with a more porous and spongy structure that will include charged domain and enzymes, which would capture and effectively deactivate SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

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UK Research Team Has Work Highlighted in AAAS' Science Journal

May 13, 2020, 8:23 AM

A group of UK professors and scientists efforts to identify possible direct therapeutic approaches to treat COVID-19 was published in the Perspectives section of the most recent issue of Science, a journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

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UK Researchers Will Lead Study of COVID-19 Immunity

May 11, 2020, 8:17 AM

UK researchers have launched antibody testing that will help to understand what immunity to COVID-19 really means. The research is part of UK’s CURE Alliance team, which is uniting UK researchers across disciplines in the fight against the novel coronavirus.

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UK Launches Clinical Trial to Evaluate Novel Treatments for COVID-19

May 7, 2020, 8:21 AM

“We are pleased to be able to offer this clinical trial to patients with COVID-19 in Kentucky. While there is no standard treatment for COVID-19, this trial gives us the ability to test multiple therapies rapidly in order to identify the most promising agents.”

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Kentucky Conference on Health Communication Goes Virtual Amid Global Pandemic

May 5, 2020, 8:40 AM

The Kentucky Conference on Health Communication (KCHC), which was supposed to be held April 2-4, 2020, at the Hyatt Regency in Lexington, made the swift change to a virtual conference amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Is Social Distancing Working? New Study Suggests Thousands of Kentuckians Spared

Apr 30, 2020, 8:04 AM

According to the report, confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Commonwealth would have reached a staggering 45,000 by April 25 without any state-imposed measures. For comparison, the current total of confirmed COVID-19 cases is fewer than 4,000.

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Pilot Funding Available for COVID-19 Research in Health, Materials and Methods and Social Sciences

Apr 28, 2020, 8:28 AM

The UK CURE Alliance, in collaboration with the UK Center for Clinical and Translational Science, has issued RFAs for COVID-19 funding in three categories: health, materials and methods and social sciences. Full-time UK faculty in all title series are eligible to apply.

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College of Communication and Information’s Sutton Receives NSF Funding for COVID-19 Research

Apr 27, 2020, 8:40 AM

Sutton is the first UK researcher to receive funding for COVID-19 related work as part of the NSF's Rapid Response Research (RAPID) grant program, which enables the agency to quickly process and support research that addresses an urgent need.

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Q&A With UK's John Thelin About COVID-19’s Impact on Higher Education

Apr 23, 2020, 8:30 AM

John Thelin is a leading authority on the history of American higher education. Today, he answers some of our questions, bringing historical knowledge to contemporary discussions around COVID-19’s impact on higher education.

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Clinical Trials for Cancer During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Apr 17, 2020, 8:28 AM

Across the country, a lot of health care-related research has been paused as people are asked to stay home and maintain social distancing. However, there’s some good news: many clinical trials are still underway.

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