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KENS 5: Where to find a coronavirus vaccine appointment as rollout ramps up across Texas

March 12, 2021

Dr. Robert Leverence, chief medical officer of UT Health Physicians, describes, in this KENS 5 story, that UT Health San Antonio, a vaccine hub, has been targeting teachers, day care providers, health care workers and people with medical conditions and …



Early tracheotomy helps patients avoid ventilator-associated pneumonia, team finds

March 11, 2021

Windpipe procedure reduces mechanical ventilation time. Surgically opening the windpipe, or trachea, within the first seven days of the start of mechanical ventilation decreases the time patients spend on ventilators, shortens their ICU stay and lowers …


San Antonio Express-News: Commentary: Don’t remove your mask too soon, Texas

March 11, 2021

Dr. Ruth Berggren, Infectious Diseases, offers her commentary, published in the San Antonio Express-News, that we should not remove our masks too soon; she likewise encourages our community to follow the science and get vaccinated. Read the commentary.


San Antonio Business Journal: TJ Mayes’ new venture to focus on lack of SA biomed VC funding

March 11, 2021

This San Antonio Business Journal story mentions that UT Health San Antonio and its Mays Cancer Center received a $6 million award from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas to recruit Alexander Mazin, PhD, a senior, highly accomplished …


KSAT 12: ‘Shame makes us hide’: COVID-19 vaccine recipient, health professionals advocate against shot shaming

March 11, 2021

Drs. Allen Anderson, Cardiology, and Lindsay Bira, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, provide perspectives in a KSAT 12 story about underlying conditions and vaccination, saying that persons at high risk due to their having multiple medical problems …


San Antonio Report: People age 50 and up can soon get COVID-19 vaccine as Texas expands priority list

March 11, 2021

The San Antonio Report links to the UT Health San Antonio online vaccination registration portal in this article that Texans, ages 50 and older, will be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine beginning Monday, March 15. Read the story.


San Antonio Express-News: Texans 50 and older can receive a COVID-19 vaccine starting Monday

March 11, 2021

Dr. Jan Patterson, Infectious Diseases, gave comments for this San Antonio Express-News story about vaccine access opening to Texans 50 and older, saying that this step should help us in reaching more vulnerable people and reducing deaths, noting that …


KENS 5: Mays Cancer Center studying effects of COVID-19 vaccine on patients

March 11, 2021

Dr. Dimpy Shaw, Mays Cancer Center/Population Health Sciences, is quoted in this KENS 5 story about an important study at the Mays Cancer Center that is looking at effects of the COVID-19 vaccine on cancer patients. Read and watch the story.


Stars & Shields Spotlight: Melva P. Andrews

March 10, 2021

If asked at her high school graduation what she wanted to be when she grew up, Melva P. Andrews would have said a psychologist. But an assessment in her early college years of her likes, dislikes and personality revealed that her traits were consistent …



Public COVID-19 vaccine scheduling to begin

March 10, 2021

As a new, significant step toward stopping the spread of COVID-19, UT Health San Antonio is now offering online vaccine scheduling to all members of our community who meet the current eligibility requirements outlined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as well as the state.


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