KABB TV: Texas fight on Fentanyl crisis: San Antonio overdose data expected by end of 2024
May 8, 2024
ara Karns-Wright, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and senior director of Be Well Texas, a statewide substance use treatment initiative of UT Health San Antonio, was interviewed for this news segment. Watch Now
KABB TV: Texas fight on Fentanyl crisis: San Antonio overdose data expected by end of 2024
May 8, 2024
Tara Karns-Wright, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and senior director of Be Well Texas, a statewide substance use treatment initiative of UT Health San Antonio, was interviewed for this article. Read More
Texas Public Radio (TPR): Exploring what the ‘NOVIDs’ can teach us
May 8, 2024
Jan Patterson, MD, MS, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, was interviewed for the “Petrie Dish” program. Listen Now
Study: Drug resistance on rise for some skin-infection causing fungi
May 6, 2024
Rare species documented for the first time in several states, Canada Nathan Wiederhold, Pharm.D., director of the Fungus Testing Laboratory at UT Health San Antonio, holds a sample of Trichophyton rubrum, one of the most common culprits for skin, hair …
UT Health San Antonio physiatrist helps write first American Diabetes Association guidelines to include disability management
May 6, 2024
A clinician and researcher with The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio helped “write the book” when it comes to standards of care for diabetes. Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD, professor and chair in the Department of Physical Medic …
Study: Higher chemical concentrations found in baby teeth of children with autism
May 6, 2024
Baby teeth were studied to discover possible connections between chemicals and autism spectrum disorder. A recent exploratory study by a researcher at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio found a potential link between a buildup …
Best of the best: DeFronzo’s work included in 100th anniversary of Journal of Clinical Investigation
May 6, 2024
The work of diabetes-research pioneer Ralph A. DeFronzo, MD, diabetes division, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio’s Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, is featured as part of the 100th anniversary of the Journal of …
KABB TV (FOX SA): Austin’s deadliest opioid overdose spike in a decade raises alarm in San Antonio
May 3, 2024
Tara Karns-Wright, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and senior director of Be Well Texas, a statewide substance use treatment initiative of UT Health San Antonio, was interviewed for this news segment. Watch Now
WOAI TV (News 4): Austin’s deadliest opioid overdose spike in a decade raises alarm in San Antonio
May 3, 2024
Tara Karns-Wright, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and senior director of Be Well Texas, a statewide substance use treatment initiative of UT Health San Antonio, was interviewed for this news segment. Watch Now
$11 million NIH grant awarded for five-year investigation of novel oral chlamydia vaccine
May 2, 2024
The study of a novel oral vaccine that could protect against chlamydia infection received more than $11 million in National Institutes of Health funding through a five-year U01 grant in April 2024. “We are excited about receiving the U01 award because …