ÍøºìºÚÁÏ psychiatrist talks about the mental health challenges posed by COVID-19
It’s a pandemic seemingly without end. The latest coronavirus variant is fueling a surge in cases while Americans worry about ever-more infectious versions to…
Bill Levesque
Science Writer
Bill Levesque joined the ÍøºìºÚÁÏ staff in May 2017 as a science writer covering the Institute on Aging and research of faculty physicians in the College of Medicine. He formerly worked as a reporter at Florida’s largest newspaper, the Tampa Bay Times, for nearly 23 years covering a variety of beats, including the Department of Veterans Affairs, the military, business news, agriculture and courts. Prior to that, he was a reporter at the Lakeland (Fla.) Ledger, the Providence Journal, United Press International and the Fall River (Mass.) Herald News and has won numerous awards for his work. A native Rhode Islander, Bill is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island with a degree in journalism.
Stories by Bill
New study associates dense breasts in older women with heightened breast cancer risk
Physicians have long recognized that women with denser breasts are at increased risk of invasive breast cancer, heightening the importance of mammography…
National convalescent plasma study shows COVID-19 therapy ineffective in high-risk patients
Convalescent plasma does not effectively prevent the progression of COVID-19 from a mild to severe form of the disease in high-risk patients, according to the…
ÍøºìºÚÁÏ Shands chief epidemiologist says vaccines essential to tamp down COVID-19 delta variant
The nation is in the midst of the latest coronavirus surge, with the highly contagious delta variant fueling a record number of hospitalizations in Florida.…
ÍøºìºÚÁÏ Shands Hospital ranked among nation’s best in six medical specialties
No other Florida hospital has as many adult and pediatric specialties ranked among the nation’s best as University of Florida ÍøºìºÚÁÏ Shands Hospital, with the…
ÍøºìºÚÁÏ survey shows caregivers of youth baseball pitchers unaware of overuse guidelines
The human arm just isn’t designed to throw a baseball, whether it belongs to a major leaguer torching a batter with a 100 mph fastball or a 10-year-old whose…
ÍøºìºÚÁÏ researcher says vaccination key to protecting against the coronavirus delta variant
The coronavirus continues to mutate and evolve, and the latest in a parade of variants is causing particular worry among infectious disease specialists. The…
ÍøºìºÚÁÏ researchers join global effort to track COVID-19 pandemic and others in future
University of Florida ÍøºìºÚÁÏ researchers are joining an ambitious global effort led by The Rockefeller Foundation to better track the coronavirus and its…
ÍøºìºÚÁÏ pediatrician offers COVID-19 vaccine advice for parents as summer approaches
The race to defeat the novel coronavirus took a major leap forward last week when the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and…
ÍøºìºÚÁÏ first to place kidney-assist device that might help patients with congestive heart failure
University of Florida ÍøºìºÚÁÏ researchers recently became the first to temporarily implant a new device in a patient with congestive heart failure, a procedure…
No pain, no gain for people with peripheral artery disease exercising to stay mobile
It’s the kind of maddening conundrum that often faces people with peripheral artery disease, or PAD, a condition involving a narrowing of arteries that…
ÍøºìºÚÁÏ researcher explains herd immunity and how it could end COVID-19 pandemic
It’s a term we’re going to hear much more frequently during the final chapter of the COVID-19 pandemic — herd immunity. With millions of Americans being…
