UT Health San Antonio suspends administration of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine
April 13, 2021
As of April 13, 2021, UT Health San Antonio will suspend its administration of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. This is per CDC and FDA recommendations while they investigate recent reports of rare, but potentially dangerous, blood clots that may have been related to the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in certain specific patient populations.
Celebrate Administrative Professionals Day virtually
April 13, 2021
Administrative Professionals Day is April 21. The Special Events Council is hosting a virtual flower and e-card delivery service. Let your colleagues know you appreciate them by sending them virtual well-wishes. Here’s how.
Chicago Sun-Times: They tested negative for the coronavirus but still have ‘long COVID’ symptoms
April 13, 2021
Dr. Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, Rehabilitation Medicine, is quoted in this Chicago Sun-Times story about patients who test negative but still have “long COVID” symptoms (patients referred to as “long-haulers”). She comments that about 12% of the patient …
West Texas optometrist, a Lions Clubs district governor, donates equipment to ophthalmology
April 12, 2021
Javier Morales, OD, a practicing optometrist from Odessa and governor of District 2-T3 of Lions Clubs International, visited the UT Health San Antonio ophthalmology clinic at the Texas Diabetes Institute on March 29 to make a very important delivery: t …
San Antonio Express-News: ‘I wish I had an easy explanation’: Military suicides in COVID era hit a new high
April 12, 2021
Dr. Alan Peterson, STRONG STAR/ Consortium to Alleviate PTSD (CAP)/Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, is quoted in this San Antonio Express-News story about military suicides in the COVID era hitting a new high. Read the story.
WBTV: SC shooting suspect, former NFL player Phillip Adams will undergo CTE brain test
April 12, 2021
Dr. Kevin Bieniek, Pathology, Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases, explains that if a patient is younger, that doesn’t always mean they will have a less severe Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) case and this diseas …
Texas Standard: Ask a doctor: What to do if you have a bad reaction to the COVID vaccine
April 9, 2021
Dr. Fred Campbell, General and Hospital Medicine, answered more listener questions on Texas Standard’s Ask a Doctor program about having bad reactions to the vaccine, why it’s important to keep the vaccination record card and the transmission of the vi …
UT Health San Antonio research team tackles childhood obesity with five-year, $1 million grant from Baptist Health Foundation
April 9, 2021
The potentially groundbreaking research led by principal investigator Lily Q. Dong, PhD, professor of cell systems and anatomy at UT Health San Antonio, is testing whether there is a genetic marker of early insulin resistance in youth that could be controlled, thereby preventing obesity and development of Type 2 diabetes. Currently, most studies and treatment focus on adults, and pediatric anti-obesity drugs have limited effect.
Healthcare Design: $430M Multispecialty and Research Hospital breaks ground in Texas
April 9, 2021
This Healthcare Design story is about construction beginning on the new UT Health San Antonio Multispecialty and Research Hospital. Read the story.
San Antonio Express-News: COVID-19 one year later: What San Antonio’s public health and medical experts have learned from the pandemic
April 9, 2021
Dr. Jason Bowling, Infectious Diseases, is quoted in this San Antonio Express-News story on what our health and medical experts have learned from the pandemic in the year since COVID-19 hit. Read the story.