San Antonio Business Journal: SA lands half of CPRIT’s latest state cancer funding
February 18, 2021
This San Antonio Business Journal article is about how UT Health San Antonio and its Mays Cancer Center has received a $6 million award from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas to recruit Alexander Mazin, PhD, a senior, highly accompl …
May Cancer Center urges emphasis on cancer patients, survivors for COVID-19 vaccination
February 17, 2021
The Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson, is one of 130 groups that co-signed a letter urging the Biden administration and state health departments to prioritize cancer patients and survivors in COVID-19 vaccination plans. The …
$6 million CPRIT award to bring veteran cancer researcher Mazin from Drexel
February 17, 2021
UT Health San Antonio and its Mays Cancer Center will receive a $6 million award from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) to recruit Alexander Mazin, PhD, a senior, highly accomplished biochemist and cancer biologist currently …
AARP: What to do if winter weather delays your COVID-19 vaccine appointment
February 17, 2021
Dr. Fred Campbell, General and Hospital Medicine, provided an interview for the AARP website suggesting to readers to not panic if the winter weather delays their COVID-19 vaccine appointment; rescheduling is underway and there is leeway in the time fr …
School of Nursing Inclement Weather Updates
February 16, 2021
All weather and closure updates for the school of nursing can be found at https://news.uthscsa.edu/weather/
San Antonio Express-News: UTSA athletic trainers look back on hurdles of playing football through COVID-19 pandemic
February 15, 2021
The amazing work of UT Health San Antonio in assisting UTSA athletes during this COVID-19 time of challenge is chronicled within this San Antonio Express-News story, including references to UT Health Hill Country and the School of Nursing. Read the sto …
San Antonio Express-News: A more contagious coronavirus variant is in San Antonio. Now what?
February 15, 2021
Drs. Jason Bowling and Tom Patterson, Infectious Diseases, were interviewed by the San Antonio Express-News for a feature story on the more contagious coronavirus variants now in San Antonio. Read the story.
San Antonio Business Journal: UT Health San Antonio and Alamo Colleges team to provide students care
February 15, 2021
Cindy Sickora, D.N.P., RN, School of Nursing, spoke to the San Antonio Business Journal about Wellness 360’s offering of in-person care for a variety of medical issues to students of the Alamo Colleges; during the COVID pandemic, these services will be …
KSAT 12 Q&A: Feb. 11, Dr. Ruth Berggren
February 12, 2021
Dr. Ruth Berggren, Infectious Diseases, provides information in this latest KSAT 12 Q&A segment on the UK variant, new guidelines on quarantines, CDC guidance to people who have had prior episodes of anaphylaxis, counseling that the two doses of th …
Telemundo 60: Investigan posibles consecuencias del COVID-19 en el cerebro
February 12, 2021
Dr. Gabriel de Erausquin, Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases, contributed to this Telemundo (Spanish-language) story regarding the research that he and other leading scientists from more than 30 countries are doing, su …