Fox 29: San Antonio health care workers prepare for possible COVID-19 surge
October 27, 2020
Dr. Jan Patterson, Infectious Diseases, shares with KABB Fox News audiences that wearing a mask, social distancing and continuing with hand hygiene are among the major lessons learned in our battle against COVID-19, all protocols of which health care p …
News 4: San Antonio health care workers prepare for possible COVID-19 surge
October 27, 2020
Dr. Jan Patterson, Infectious Diseases, shares with News 4 audiences that wearing a mask, social distancing and continuing with hand hygiene are among the major lessons learned in our battle against COVID-19, all protocols of which health care professi …
Visitor Parking Lot 6 opens in November
October 26, 2020
Visitor Parking Lot 6 on the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Campus will be open starting Monday, Nov. 2.
Texarkana Gazette: How to identify and get help for multiple chemical sensitivity
October 26, 2020
A chemical intolerance inventory authored by Dr. Ray Palmer, Dr. Claudia Miller and team in Family and Community Medicine is mentioned in a Dr. Oz column distributed by King Features Syndicate. Read the story.
San Antonio Express-News: ‘We’re poised to do it’: University Hospital to perform double lung transplants for COVID-19 patients with irreversible lung damage
October 26, 2020
Dr. Edward Sako, Cardiothoracic Surgery, tells the San Antonio Express-News that the University Transplant Center is on the cusp of performing the complex surgery of double lung transplants for COVID-19 patients with irreversible lung damage. Read the …
Fox 29: UT Health SA nurses give wellness checkups to Northeast Side residents
October 23, 2020
The UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing is providing wellness checkups for children, teens and adults living at Oak Manor Apartments on the Northeast Side. Read the story.
News 4: UT Health SA nurses give wellness checkups to Northeast Side residents
October 23, 2020
The UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing is providing wellness checkups for children, teens and adults living at Oak Manor Apartments on the Northeast Side. Read the story.
Emergency Department identifying care for patients with breast abnormalities
October 23, 2020
Special program provides referrals for unfunded, at-risk population. A UT Health San Antonio-University Health System collaborative program that coordinates care of patients who come to the emergency department with breast concerns will be formally eva …
FDA approves remdesivir for COVID-19 patients
October 23, 2020
SAN ANTONIO (Oct. 23, 2020) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Oct. 22 that the drug remdesivir (Veklury) is the first approved treatment for COVID-19. The antiviral medication has been tested in study sites internationally since Februar …
$150,000 gift from Lions Clubs expands eye care at Texas Diabetes Institute
October 23, 2020
Wide-field camera enables testing for diabetic retinopathy over more of the retina. The Lions Clubs International Foundation, in collaboration with South and Central Texas Lions Club members of District 2-A2, have increased their commitment to the prev …