UofL's Green Heart Louisville Project found people living in neighborhoods where the number of trees and shrubs was more than doubled showed lower levels of a blood marker of inflammation than those living outside the planted areas
The study published in Sleep Health is one of the first that measures multiple environmental variables in the bedroom and analyze their association with sleep efficiency, according to a news release.
A $1 million pledge from the Trager family will turn Founders Square in downtown Louisville into an urban green space with native trees and plants.
Scientists say the news calls for more research into the cardiac effects of e-cigarettes in both animals and humans.
Researchers at the university have been using wastewater to monitor weekly infection rates.
Researchers found that 1.2 percent of doctors, nurses and other health care workers tested in May had current or past infections of the coronavirus illness.
U of L plans to test 2,400 people from all parts of Louisville by June 20 for active infections and antibodies that will detect prior cases of the coronavirus-caused illness.