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April 29, 2020
UT Health San Antonio faculty were selected to be on the COVID-19 Health Transition Team for the city and county. Dr. Barbara Taylor, Infectious Diseases, is leading the team of local health experts. Read the full story.
April 29, 2020
Researchers at UT Health San Antonio and the University of Texas at Austin teamed up to create a low-cost ventilator with a unique design using a windshield wiper. “A usual ventilator costs $30,000 approximately. These new AMBU bag ventilators are costing under $1,000,” said Dr. Marc Feldman, a professor of medicine in the division of […]
April 28, 2020
Mayor Ron Nirenberg, Councilwoman Ana Sandoval and Dr. Barbara Taylor participated in an hour-long Spanish-language town hall this morning for Univision. They discussed Gov. Abbott’s new back-to-work plan and the guidelines developed for Bexar County and San Antonio by the COVID-19 Health Transition Team, headed by Dr. Taylor, an associate professor and infectious disease specialist. […]
April 28, 2020
Dr. Jan Patterson, Infectious Diseases, discussed herd immunity during COVID-19. Read the full story.
April 27, 2020
“Millions of people consume too much food, while millions of others are in poverty and subsist on too little food. We are studying what happens at the molecular level in both situations with a goal of developing a drug to intervene,” said Dr. Madesh Muniswamy.
April 27, 2020
Dr. Fred Campbell, General and Hospital Medicine, answers listeners’ questions about the coronavirus pandemic. Listen to the Q&A.