Dr. Ruth Berggren, infectious diseases specialist and director of the Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics, discussed the importance of wearing a face mask in public and answering questions about herd immunity. Read and watch the full story.

The task force will take guidance from the UT System and the state, and work with a three-member public health advisory group that includes David Lakey, vice chancellor for health affairs and chief medical officer for the UT System; San Antonio Metro Health Director Dawn Emerick; and Jason Bowling, associate professor of internal medicine and infectious diseases at UT […]

Adriana Dyurich, Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, is a panelist for an upcoming Rivard Report presentation on anxiety experienced by entrepreneurs in relation to COVID-19. Read the full story.

Medical students at UT Health San Antonio use cadavers to learn human anatomy, working in teams to touch and manipulate tissue and organs. If not for the pandemic, students this month would have been hosting an annual burial of ashes, a “moving ceremony” that the donors’ families are invited to attend, said Dr. Omid Rahimi, […]

Dr. Santiago Palacio, a neurologist at UT Health San Antonio, explains that patients with COVID-19 are also at risk of having a stroke even though they don’t have symptoms of the disease. Read and watch the full story.