CEO appointed for UT Health San Antonio Multispecialty and Research Hospital
January 26, 2022
Jeffery L. Flowers, MBA, was appointed the inaugural chief executive officer for the UT Health San Antonio Multispecialty and Research Hospital. He will begin in early May. Since 2019, Flowers has served as chief operating officer at Phoebe Putney Memo …
KSAT 12: Delta or omicron? Here are the different COVID-19 variant symptoms you need to know
January 26, 2022
Dr. Ruth Berggren, Infectious Diseases, is quoted in this segment. Learn More
The New Yorker: When COVID Means Not Enough Beds in a Children’s Hospital Unit
January 26, 2022
Dr. Rachel Pearson, Pediatrics and the Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics, is the author of this commentary published in The New Yorker. Read More
PBS Newshour: Rising COVID hospitalizations in San Antonio burden fatigued health care workers
January 26, 2022
Dr. Jason Bowling, Infectious Diseases, was interviewed for the PBS Newshour. Watch Interview Read the Full Transcript Judy Woodruff: The highly contagious Omicron variant has brought new daily COVID case numbers to record highs this month, and …
SA Business Journal: San Antonio doctor convinces Mark Cuban to invest $250,000 on his invention to relieve hiccups
January 26, 2022
Dr. Seifi, Neurosurgery, is featured in this article about his appearance on ABC’s Shark Tank. Read More
KENS 5: How to get the most accurate results from a rapid coronavirus test
January 26, 2022
Dr. Fred Campbell, associate professor and internal medicine physician at UT Health San Antonio, was interviewed about the timing of rapid coronavirus tests for accuracy in this story. Learn More
Niagara University: Carlos Roberto Jaén, ’79, M.S.’82, Named to U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
January 26, 2022
Dr. Carlos Jaén, chairman of the Department of Family and Community Medicine, is profiled in this piece by Niagara University. Read More
Vaccine safety and efficacy
January 24, 2022
At this point, we know the COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective, Dr. Jason Bowling, associate professor at UT Health San Antonio, says because we have so much experience giving them to people and following up to see how they do.
Team IDs mechanism underlying rare children’s blood cancer
January 24, 2022
Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio), reporting this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, identified a mechanism through which two antiviral genes, when muta …
KSAT 12: San Antonio doctor convinces Mark Cuban to invest $250,000 on his invention to relieve hiccups
January 24, 2022
Dr. Ali Seifi, Neurosurgery, is featured in this follow-up story about his appearance on national TV. Read More