Importance of safe and effective HPV vaccination reinforced by leading cancer centers

September 16, 2025

The Mays Cancer Center, along with 61 National Cancer Institute (NCI)-Designated Cancer Centers, have endorsed a joint statement urging the nation’s healthcare systems, physicians and other health care providers and professionals, along with parents, caregivers and the public to promote and choose human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination for cancer prevention.




Naloxone Texas launches overdose prevention initiative on college campuses

September 16, 2025

Free naloxone and training offered to Texas colleges, community colleges and trade schools this fall Naloxone Texas, a program of the Be Well Institute on Substance Use and Related Disorders at the University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center, is launching a new initiative this fall aimed at colleges and universities across Texas to distribute free naloxone […]




San Antonio Pepper Center secures $6.5M grant to advance aging research

September 15, 2025

While people are living longer than ever, many are also living with chronic health problems that impact their quality of life. In September, the San Antonio Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center at UT Health San Antonio received a $6.5 million grant to improve the health and functional independence of older adults.