Mental Health Awareness campaign designed to help employees
April 27, 2021
Starting this month, the Office of Human Resources will launch a 12-month Mental Health Awareness campaign to provide free informational sessions and resources for our UT Health San Antonio community. Every month we will focus on a different mental health and wellness topic to broaden awareness about the importance of mental health in overall wellbeing and provide advice and resources on a new UT Health San Antonio Mental Health Awareness website.
KENS 5: Coronavirus vaccination numbers are on the decline
April 27, 2021
Dr. Jason Bowling, Infectious Diseases, speaks to KENS 5 viewers about the decline in COVID-19 vaccination numbers and encourages the vaccine-hesitant public to change its behavior. Watch the story.
Renowned opioid crisis researchers to address Texas Substance Use Symposium
April 26, 2021
Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO — TxMOUD (Texas Medication for Opioid Use Disorder) at UT Health San Antonio and The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy is proud to announce that two nationally re …
SFGATE: San Antonio partners pioneer surgery aimed at reversing Type 2 diabetes
April 26, 2021
UT Health San Antonio, University Health and Texas Biomedical Research Institute are reporting promising results following a minimally invasive procedure that dissolved abdominal fat in two patients. The goal of the novel procedure is to improve the pa …
Yahoo! Finance: San Antonio partners pioneer surgery aimed at reversing Type 2 diabetes
April 26, 2021
UT Health San Antonio, University Health and Texas Biomedical Research Institute are reporting promising results following a minimally invasive procedure that dissolved abdominal fat in two patients. The goal of the novel procedure is to improve the pa …
San Antonio Report: Poetry joins San Antonio to the world, via vaccines and agua
April 26, 2021
The Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics is mentioned in this San Antonio Report story for its involvement in the Dear Vaccine project. Read the story.
San Antonio Express-News: San Antonio’s Texas Kidney Foundation will send free screening kit
April 26, 2021
Dr. Kumar Sharma, Nephrology, is quoted in this San Antonio Express-News article and explains that many people are skipping doctor visits or don’t get blood tests because of the pandemic and that COVID itself can cause acute kidney disease. Read the st …
KENS 5: Lower vaccine demand creates new challenges for San Antonio clinics
April 26, 2021
Dr. Mike Charlton, Risk Management & Safety, was interviewed for this KENS 5 story about COVID vaccine hesitancy being one of the new challenges surrounding lower vaccine demand in San Antonio. Watch the story.
San Antonio Express-News: Zombies, umbrellas, R-naughts – explaining coronavirus herd immunity and whether we can get there
April 23, 2021
Dr. Carlos Roberto Jaén, Family & Community Medicine, and Dr. Jason Bowling, Infectious Diseases, contributed to a San Antonio Express-News feature on the coronavirus, commenting that pregnant women are at increased risk for severe illness from COV …
San Antonio Report: Is vaccine supply outstripping demand? Local campaign looks to combat hesitancy
April 23, 2021
Dr. Mike Charlton, Risk Management & Safety, is quoted within this San Antonio Report story on vaccine hesitancy, sharing that the UT Health San Antonio superhub has seen a 4% no-show rate, as well as a decline in the total number of people seeking …