KSAT 12: Doctors, health care workers among the first to get COVID-19 vaccine in San Antonio
December 16, 2020
Dr. Ruth Berggren, Infectious Diseases, was interviewed about being one of the first health care workers to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine and says she’s hopeful that as the public watches front-liners get vaccinated it will build the confidence t …
San Antonio Express-News: Commentary: Discuss COVID honestly with kids
December 16, 2020
Dr. Tess Barton, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, was quoted in the San Antonio Express-News commenting that we should talk to kids about the coronavirus with honesty and gave suggestions for answering kids’ questions. Read the story.
Yahoo! Finance: FDA: Moderna COVID-19 vaccine highly effective
December 16, 2020
Dr. Owais Durrani, Emergency Medicine resident, joined Yahoo Finance Live to discuss what Americans can expect the FDA to do with Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine. Watch the interview.
News 4: ‘It’s an early Christmas gift,’ doctors are excited to get COVID vaccine, stop the surge
December 16, 2020
Dr. Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, Rehabilitation Medicine, spoke on News 4 San Antonio about the excitement surrounding the new COVID-19 vaccine and how it is an early gift for health care workers caring for patients. Read and watch the story.
KSAT 12: Young children haven’t been included in COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials. Here’s why that concerns some doctors.
December 16, 2020
Dr. Mandie Svatek, Pediatrics, discussed for KSAT 12’s weekly streaming show, “KSAT Explains,” that young children haven’t been included in COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials, that will probably lead to there not being a vaccine available for children fo …
Texas Standard: Ask a doctor: Will a COVID-19 vaccine that’s been in cold storage be painful?
December 16, 2020
Dr. Fred Campbell, General and Hospital Medicine, spoke to listeners of Texas Standard’s Ask a Doctor, a Texas Public Radio show that is produced in the state capital to air on public radio stations statewide including San Antonio, KUT Austin, KERA Nor …
KSAT 12: COVID-19 vaccine: Fact vs. fiction
December 16, 2020
Our experts are featured in this KSAT 12 story exploring questions and misconceptions about the COVID-19 vaccine. Dr. Jason Bowling, Infectious Diseases, gave an interview to KSAT 12 regarding the COVID-19 vaccine and the facts and fiction being commun …
‘Hope in a vial’: COVID-19 vaccinations begin at UT Health San Antonio
December 16, 2020
UT Health San Antonio made history when the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine was administered to the university’s front-line health care workers, physicians, nurses and students.
KSAT 12: First COVID-19 vaccines administered at UT Health San Antonio on Tuesday
December 16, 2020
This KSAT 12 story features Dr. Adelita Cantu, associate professor in the School of Nursing, being the first to roll up her sleeve to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at UT Health San Antonio on Tuesday, Dec. 15 and Kendra Mack, a nursing student, w …
Twitter: ‘Hope is on the horizon’
December 15, 2020
Rep. Joaquin Castro has retweeted the news that the first COVID-19 vaccine shipment arrived at UT Health San Antonio.