Care.com: How COVID-19 affects the brain and how it could lead to dementia in older adults
January 25, 2021
Dr. Gabriel de Erausquin and Dr. Sudha Seshadri, Neurology/Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases, and their work on the long-term effects of COVID-19 on the brain, are featured in this Care.com story. Read the story.
Fox 29: UT Health San Antonio designated COVID-19 vaccination hub by State of Texas
January 25, 2021
The news of UT Health San Antonio becoming the city’s latest vaccine hub is shared by Fox San Antonio. Read the story.
KENS 5: Why the vaccine distribution process is going so slowly
January 25, 2021
Dr. Robert Leverence, chief medical officer for UT Health Physicians, contributed to a KENS 5 story about why the vaccine distribution process may be going more slowly than was hoped for. Read and watch the story.
Medical News Today: COVID-19 and the brain: What do we know so far?
January 25, 2021
Dr. Gabriel de Erausquin and Dr. Sudha Seshadri, Neurology/Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases, and their work on the long-term effects of COVID-19 on the brain, are featured in this Medical News Today story. Read the s …
Fox 29: ‘Project YES’ helps teens suffering from anxiety and stress
January 25, 2021
Dr. Kristen Plastino and Jennifer Todd, Obstetrics and Gynecology, were interviewed for this Fox 29 Focus on South Texas segment about Project YES, a program by UT Teen Health to help young people cope with anxiety and stress. Watch the story.
San Antonio Report: The COVID-19 vaccine: Most who want it can’t yet get it
January 25, 2021
Dr. Robert Ferrer, Family and Community Medicine, is quoted in this opinion piece by Robert Rivard of the San Antonio Report, saying that the virus is hitting economically distressed communities harder and that he strongly recommends taking the vaccine …
San Antonio Business Journal: SA gains new COVID-19 vaccination hub for city’s sickest
January 25, 2021
Dr. Robert Leverence, chief medical officer for UT Health Physicians, commented to the San Antonio Business Journal regarding the critical importance of our university’s becoming a COVID-19 vaccination hub for the region’s most vulnerable populations. …
San Antonio Express-News: Scarcity of COVID-19 vaccine and fair distribution worry San Antonio hospital administrators
January 22, 2021
A brief reference to UT Health San Antonio was made in this San Antonio Express-News story about the scarcity of COVID-19 vaccines, indicating that an allotment of ours went to the city for its Alamodome appointments. Read the story.
San Antonio Report: State names UT Health San Antonio’s clinical practice city’s latest vaccine hub
January 22, 2021
The news of UT Health San Antonio becoming the city’s latest vaccine hub is shared by the San Antonio Report. Read the story.
UT Health San Antonio given designation to vaccinate sickest San Antonians
January 21, 2021
In a positive development for San Antonio’s COVID vaccine efforts, the state has designated UT Health San Antonio’s clinical practice a vaccine hub. This unique designation targets a population of over 120,000 of San Antonio’s most medically complex and vulnerable patients.