News 4: Local providers will use state registry to track who receives COVID vaccine
November 25, 2020
Dr. Ruth Berggren, Infectious Diseases, Dr. Verduzco-Gutierrez, Rehabilitation Medicine, spoke to News 4 audiences about the use of a state registry to track those who receive the COBID-19 vaccine. Read and watch the story.
Laredo Morning Times: ‘It’s a high risk’: Doctor warns San Antonians about travel, gatherings for Thanksgiving
November 25, 2020
Dr. William Henrich, president, UT Health San Antonio, offers readers of the Laredo Morning Times his warning that traveling (in planes, buses, trains) when in a closed setting, where breathing is re-circulated, is risky. Read the story.
Houston Chronicle: ‘It’s a high risk’: Doctor warns San Antonians about travel, gatherings for Thanksgiving
November 25, 2020
Dr. William Henrich, president, UT Health San Antonio, offers readers of the Houston Chronicle his warning that traveling (in planes, buses, trains) when in a closed setting, where breathing is re-circulated, is risky. Read the story.
Beaumont Enterprise: ‘It’s a high risk’: Doctor warns San Antonians about travel, gatherings for Thanksgiving
November 25, 2020
Dr. William Henrich, president, UT Health San Antonio, offers readers of the Beaumont Enterprise his warning that traveling (in planes, buses, trains) when in a closed setting, where breathing is re-circulated, is risky. Read the story.
Spectrum News: COVID-19 vaccines
November 25, 2020
Dr. Fred Campbell, Hospital & General Medicine, discusses with Spectrum News that Pfizer’s vaccine showed good effectiveness in a study and that he was a vaccine trial participant. Watch the interview.
UT Health San Antonio leads the way in local health care economic impact
November 24, 2020
With a total workforce of 7,100, an operating budget of nearly $1 billion and missions of teaching, research and patient care, UT Health San Antonio is viewed as the catalyst for the local health care industry.
Fox 29: Health experts emphasize need for more minorities in vaccine trials
November 24, 2020
Dr. Stacy Ogbeide, Family and Community Medicine, and Dr. Luz Garcini, Research to Advance Community Health (ReACH) Center, were interviewed for this story about the importance of minority participation in clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccines. Read an …
San Antonio Express-News: San Antonio’s first double lung transplant for COVID-19 performed at University Hospital
November 24, 2020
This story was published by the San Antonio Express-News on Nov. 24, 2020. A patient who suffered permanent lung damage from COVID-19 is recovering after receiving a double lung transplant at University Hospital several weeks ago. The surgery in late O …
EMS World: What happens when the medical director dies?
November 24, 2020
David Miramontes, MD, and CJ Winckler, MD, LP, both faculty members in the School of Health Professions Department of Emergency Health Sciences, and in the Department of Emergency Medicine in the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, are qu …
The Physician’s Link: ‘COVID Minute’ Podcast
November 24, 2020
Dr. Jan Patterson, Infectious Diseases, was included in the Bexar County Medical Society’s weekly newsletter via a link to the Division of Infectious Disease’s new podcast, “COVID Minute,” as part of a podcast miniseries where hot topics in medicine, h …