KSAT 12: The vaccines: Ending the COVID-19 pandemic special

January 28, 2021

Drs. Ruth Berggren and Jason Bowling, Infectious Diseases, appeared on KSAT 12 TV’s one-hour special, “The Vaccines: Ending the COVID-19 Pandemic,” and explained to the viewers how the COVID-19 vaccines work. Watch here.


Medical Xpress: Strokes after TIAs have declined over time, study shows

January 27, 2021

This Medical Xpress story is about study findings released in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) about transient ischemic attacks (TIAs), which are harbingers of subsequent strokes. Sudha Seshadri, MD, Neurology/Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases, is senior author of the study. Read the story.




San Antonio Report: The COVID-19 vaccine: Most who want it can’t yet get it

January 25, 2021

Dr. Robert Ferrer, Family and Community Medicine, is quoted in this opinion piece by Robert Rivard of the San Antonio Report, saying that the virus is hitting economically distressed communities harder and that he strongly recommends taking the vaccines to protect against it. Read the commentary.