Campus weather-related updates
February 19, 2021
Feb. 18, 6:31 p.m. update for UT Health San Antonio, faculty, staff, students and trainees: In an effort to serve our patients and students, and to continue our research efforts, on-campus activities will resume at noon, Friday, Feb. 19. For those with …
KSAT 12: Q&A: Feb. 18, Dr. Ruth Berggren of UT Health San Antonio
February 18, 2021
Dr. Ruth Berggren, Infectious Diseases, again participated in the weekly KSAT 12 series, noting that we’ve had an unprecedented number of health care appointments, including for vaccinations, canceled because of the weather; luckily a grace period up …
Study: Screen surgery patients for frailty
February 18, 2021
Patients should be assessed for frailty before having many types of surgery, even if the surgery is considered low risk, a review of two national patient databases shows. Frailty is a clinical syndrome marked by slow walking speed, weak grip, poor bala …
San Antonio Business Journal: SA lands half of CPRIT’s latest state cancer funding
February 18, 2021
This San Antonio Business Journal article is about how UT Health San Antonio and its Mays Cancer Center has received a $6 million award from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas to recruit Alexander Mazin, PhD, a senior, highly accompl …
May Cancer Center urges emphasis on cancer patients, survivors for COVID-19 vaccination
February 17, 2021
The Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson, is one of 130 groups that co-signed a letter urging the Biden administration and state health departments to prioritize cancer patients and survivors in COVID-19 vaccination plans. The …
$6 million CPRIT award to bring veteran cancer researcher Mazin from Drexel
February 17, 2021
UT Health San Antonio and its Mays Cancer Center will receive a $6 million award from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) to recruit Alexander Mazin, PhD, a senior, highly accomplished biochemist and cancer biologist currently …
AARP: What to do if winter weather delays your COVID-19 vaccine appointment
February 17, 2021
Dr. Fred Campbell, General and Hospital Medicine, provided an interview for the AARP website suggesting to readers to not panic if the winter weather delays their COVID-19 vaccine appointment; rescheduling is underway and there is leeway in the time fr …
School of Nursing Inclement Weather Updates
February 16, 2021
All weather and closure updates for the school of nursing can be found at https://news.uthscsa.edu/weather/
San Antonio Express-News: UTSA athletic trainers look back on hurdles of playing football through COVID-19 pandemic
February 15, 2021
The amazing work of UT Health San Antonio in assisting UTSA athletes during this COVID-19 time of challenge is chronicled within this San Antonio Express-News story, including references to UT Health Hill Country and the School of Nursing. Read the sto …
San Antonio Express-News: A more contagious coronavirus variant is in San Antonio. Now what?
February 15, 2021
Drs. Jason Bowling and Tom Patterson, Infectious Diseases, were interviewed by the San Antonio Express-News for a feature story on the more contagious coronavirus variants now in San Antonio. Read the story.