Coping with the stresses of immigration through art

June 3, 2021

The Office of International Services (OIS) and the Graduate Medical Education (GME) office team up every spring and summer to help manage the initial and continuing documentation for foreign medical graduates for UT Health San Antonio residency and fellowship programs.


Metal ions help COVID-19 virus to disguise itself

June 2, 2021

Scientists from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio have discovered a mechanism by which SARS-CoV-2 exploits changes in metal ion concentrations to disguise itself in the body. Varying concentrations of metal ions — positively charged atoms such as magnesium, manganese and calcium — are observed in hospitalized COVID-19 patients.

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News 4: Scientists find bone marrow cells with coronavirus ‘immunity memory’

June 1, 2021

Dr. Jason Bowling, Infectious Diseases, spoke to News 4 San Antonio audiences about scientists finding that cells in the bone marrow of people who’ve been infected with COVID-19 can keep a memory of the virus; because of this good news, we may not need boosters as frequently as a flu vaccine. Watch the story.