Loneliness is linked to heightened risks of depression, cognitive decline, chronic illness and early mortality.
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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 project will create green space and measure the impact of urban greening on people's health and the environment.
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.
The funding will allow researchers to expand studies to monitor environmental toxins and their effects on human health.
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The Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute’s New Vision of Health Campus would span two buildings and a vacant lot the Brown family owns on W. Muhammad Ali Boulevard.
Researchers at the university have been using wastewater to monitor weekly infection rates.
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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.
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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.