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January 7, 2021
San Antonians will have the opportunity to participate in the fifth international COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial beginning in January. Locally, 500 participants are being sought.
January 6, 2021
Drs. Jan and Tom Patterson, Infectious Diseases, and Dr. Don Jenkins, Surgery, contributed to this Fox 29/News 4 story on health care workers and essential personnel at UT Health San Antonio receiving their second and final dose of the Pfizer vaccine; KENS 5 and Spectrum News also ran stories of Tuesday’s first administrations of the […]
January 6, 2021
Dr. Ruth Berggren, Infectious Diseases, contributed to this story in the Houston Chronicle addressing questions about the COVID-19 vaccines. Read the story.
December 31, 2020
A new study published by researchers at UT Health San Antonio found that alcohol impacts a person’s decision-making under the influence. The work is funded by generous support from the Robert J. Kleberg, Jr. and Helen C. Kleberg Foundation and by grants from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and the National Institute […]
December 31, 2020
Dr. Ruth Berggren, Infectious Diseases, is mentioned in this opinion piece published in the San Antonio Express-News which speaks to San Antonio leaders pledging confidence in, and encouragement for receiving, the COVID-19 vaccines. Read the story.
December 31, 2020
Dr. Jason Bowling, Infectious Diseases, contributed to a News 4 San Antonio story saying it is likely that a new COVID variant is in the U.S. and San Antonio, adding that the new strain is up to 70 percent more transmissible; he emphasizes, however, that the same measures we’ve been doing for months will still […]