San Antonio Business Journal: Construction set for new $430M research hospital
March 25, 2021
This San Antonio Business Journal story is about the UT Health San Antonio Multispecialty and Research Hospital groundbreaking on Monday, March 29. Read the story.
Dramatic increases seen in rates of insomnia, sleep apnea among U.S. military
March 25, 2021
Media contact: Will Sansom, sansom@uthscsa.edu, (210) 567-2579 SAN ANTONIO (March 25, 2021) — Insomnia and obstructive sleep apnea have increased dramatically among active-duty military members over a 14-year period, 2005 through 2019. Insomnia increas …
MSN.com: Healthy people under 50 in San Antonio should wait to get COVID-19 vaccine to prioritize high-risk groups, Metro Health says
March 25, 2021
Dr. Robert Leverence, chief medical officer of UT Health Physicians, contributed to this KENS 5 story that was shared by MSN.com about Metro Health’s encouragement to healthy people under 50 to wait to get the COVID-19 vaccine in order to prioritize hi …
KENS 5: Healthy people under 50 in San Antonio should wait to get COVID-19 vaccine to prioritize high-risk groups, Metro Health says
March 25, 2021
Dr. Robert Leverence, chief medical officer of UT Health Physicians, contributed to this KENS 5 news story about Metro Health’s encouragement to healthy people under 50 to wait to get the COVID-19 vaccine in order to prioritize high-risk groups; this i …
San Antonio Express-News: All Texas adults eligible for COVID-19 vaccine starting Monday
March 25, 2021
Dr. Robert Leverence, chief medical officer of UT Health Physicians, was quoted in this San Antonio Express-News story on all Texas adults becoming eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine starting March 29, saying that we have worked to develop new digital p …
San Antonio Express-News: San Antonio psychiatrist offers advice on how to guide kids through a reopened world
March 25, 2021
Dr. Barbara Robles-Ramamurthy, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, was interviewed for this story, offering advice on how to guide kids through a reopened world; adults should realize that children, too, have felt a loss of control through the pandemic …
COVID-19 vaccine clinic volunteers needed
March 24, 2021
Volunteers will be outside helping with crowd control, giving directions, pushing wheelchairs, assisting patients in and out of their vehicles, checking that they have confirmed appointments and have signed all consent forms.
Fox 29: Diabetes Alert Day
March 24, 2021
Dr. Ralph DeFronzo, chief of the division of diabetes and endocrinologist with UT Health Physicians, was interviewed for a live segment on Fox 29 San Antonio (KABB-TV) to raise awareness about the seriousness of diabetes, sharing about the complication …
KSAT 12: Diabetes Alert Day aims to create awareness of seriousness of disease
March 24, 2021
Dr. Ralph DeFronzo, chief of the division of diabetes and endocrinologist with UT Health Physicians, was interviewed for a Diabetes Alert Day story that aired on KSAT 12’s Noon newscast. The story focused on diabetes and prediabetes concerns for the Sa …
Global health care worker burnout is high and ‘unsustainable’
March 23, 2021
More than half of all health care workers worldwide are experiencing burnout that, if not addressed, could cause many to leave their fields in favor of less-stressful occupations or choose early retirement. And the COVID-19 pandemic has only made it wo …