KENS 5: Remdesivir study underway by UT Health San Antonio and University Health System
October 30, 2020
Dr. Thomas Patterson, Infectious Diseases, informs KENS 5 audiences about the three phases of the remdesivir trial, currently underway by UT Health San Antonio and University Health System. The FDA approval of the drug last week leads to fewer restrict …
Behind the Shield: The fight is not yet over
October 29, 2020
I am an internal medicine resident at Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital in New York City, New York. I graduated from UT Health San Antonio’s Long School of Medicine in 2018. As part of my training in the internal medicine residency program, I have worke …
MSN.com: Kids and politics: In a divided country, are children destined to grow up on 1 side?
October 29, 2020
Dr. Barbara Robles-Ramamurthy, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, is quoted in this CNN story. She recommends focusing on values and morals as families work through today’s issues. Read the story.
This fall, keep up your resolve – and masks! – against COVID-19
October 29, 2020
Predictive models of expected disease activity agree: How we will fare depends on public behavior. Everyone should continue masking, handwashing and social distancing.
Texas Standard: Ask a doctor: How can my family celebrate Halloween safely this year?
October 29, 2020
Dr. Fred Campbell, General and Hospital Medicine, continues in his public service to a statewide audience through an installment of Texas Standard’s “Ask a Doctor” program, a radio program produced in the state capital in collaboration with Texas Publi …
CNN: Kids and politics: In a divided country, are children destined to grow up on 1 side?
October 28, 2020
Dr. Barbara Robles-Ramamurthy, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, is quoted in this CNN story. She recommends focusing on values and morals as families work through today’s issues. Read the story.
This fall, keep up your resolve – and masks! – against COVID-19
October 28, 2020
As trick-or-treating nears, followed by Election Day, Veterans Day and Thanksgiving, there will be a lot of opportunities for South Texans to get together and unwittingly spread COVID-19. Predictive models of expected disease activity agree: How we wil …
Yahoo! Finance: El Paso imposes curfew as COVID-19 cases overwhelm Texas hospitals
October 28, 2020
In this video interview, Dr. Owais Durrani, Emergency Medicine resident, discusses the surge in U.S. coronavirus-related hospitalizations and precautions taken to stop the spread. Watch the interview.
Texas Public Radio: Ask the experts: What will the next few months of the COVID-19 crisis look like?
October 28, 2020
Jason Bowling, Infectious Diseases, was a guest on Texas Public Radio’s “The Source” answering listeners’ questions on a variety of topics including whether cold weather makes people more susceptible to COVID-19 and how we can be sure that a vaccine wi …
Fox 29: San Antonio health care workers prepare for possible COVID-19 surge
October 27, 2020
Dr. Jan Patterson, Infectious Diseases, shares with KABB Fox News audiences that wearing a mask, social distancing and continuing with hand hygiene are among the major lessons learned in our battle against COVID-19, all protocols of which health care p …