University of Florida News

Ages ago people brewed a beverage from the leaves of a yaupon holly tree. Researchers say this caffeine-filled drink could prove a tasty and healthy drink in modern times, too. Here’s UF ecologist, Matthew Palumbo.

Parents of children with obsessive-compulsive disorder could be unintentionally enabling their kids to become more fearful than they should be. Here’s University of Florida psychiatry researcher Lisa Merlo.

More than 250 people die every day from hospital-acquired infections. Now a new technology from the University of Florida could help prevent some of those deaths by helping health care workers keep their hands clean.