Thinking impaired in COVID-19 survivors, study finds
August 2, 2021
In a sample of more than 400 older adults in Argentina who had recovered from COVID-19, more than 60% displayed some degree of cognitive impairment.
Can a vitamin treat COVID-19-related acute kidney injury?
July 27, 2021
Researchers at UT Health San Antonio, The University of Washington at Seattle and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York have launched NIRVANA, a National Institutes of Health-funded pilot clinical study to treat acute kidney injury (AKI) in COVID-19 patients.
Message from the President: Announcement about delta variant and masks
July 20, 2021
We at UT Health San Antonio are closely monitoring the recent increase in community prevalence and transmission of the COVID-19 virus. At present, elsewhere and here in San Antonio, the latest surge is predominantly related to spread by the COVID delta variant. The delta variant is about four times more contagious than the original alpha variant and two times more lethal for unvaccinated people. Given the marked increase in community prevalence and spread, it is prudent that we increase our preventive protocols so that we can continue to keep on-campus transmission rates low.
UT Health San Antonio scientists continue relentless fight against COVID-19
June 28, 2021
Our biochemistry team learns more about how the coronavirus disguises itself in the body.
Traveling in a pandemic and the resumption of international business travel
June 23, 2021
By Chris Fuglestad, MFS, Office of International Services UT Health San Antonio international business will be considered again starting July 1. International business travel plays an integral role in the university’s mission to make lives better, and …
WebMD: Help avoid COVID, injury as kids return to sports
June 22, 2021
Dr. Caitlyn Mooney, MD, Orthopaedics & Pediatrics, contributed to a Web MD story that speaks to the caution that needs to be taken as young athletes, once again, take to the fields, courts, tracks and rinks after such a long period away from such a …
In JAMA Oncology: Convalescent plasma improves survival in COVID-19 patients with blood cancers
June 17, 2021
Convalescent plasma therapy was associated with better survival in blood cancer patients hospitalized with COVID-19, especially in sicker patients. The findings by the COVID-19 and Cancer Consortium (CCC19) are newly published in the peer-reviewed journal JAMA Oncology.
Novavax vaccine is highly protective against COVID-19 in Phase 3 results
June 17, 2021
UT Health San Antonio collaborated with University Health as part of the international COVID-19 Prevention Network and enrolled 176 Novavax clinical trial participants in San Antonio for the Phase 3 study, which is called PREVENT-19.
Coping with the stresses of immigration through art
June 3, 2021
The Office of International Services (OIS) and the Graduate Medical Education (GME) office team up every spring and summer to help manage the initial and continuing documentation for foreign medical graduates for UT Health San Antonio residency and fellowship programs.
Metal ions help COVID-19 virus to disguise itself
June 2, 2021
Scientists from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio have discovered a mechanism by which SARS-CoV-2 exploits changes in metal ion concentrations to disguise itself in the body. Varying concentrations of metal ions — positively charged atoms such as magnesium, manganese and calcium — are observed in hospitalized COVID-19 patients.