Oral pill slows rate of decline in ALS patients
September 8, 2020
Although it’s not a cure for ALS, an oral drug slowed patients’ rate of functional decline in a clinical trial that included five patients at UT Health San Antonio. If the finding is repeated in larger trials, the drug could give families more time wit …
Photo studio open for business
September 8, 2020
The photography studio is open for business, offering professional portraits for faculty, staff, students and residents. The studio, located in Room 2.461T on the second floor of the Dental School Building, is open Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
San Antonio Express-News: Construction begins on $357 million state hospital in San Antonio
September 8, 2020
In 2017, the state commissioned UT Health San Antonio to create a master plan to redesign the hospital with an executive committee that included local law enforcement and mental health providers. Methodist Healthcare Ministries — a nonprofit that has 5 …
San Antonio Business Journal: UT Health San Antonio plans to build $400M research and specialty hospital
September 8, 2020
UT Health San Antonio plans to begin construction in spring 2021 on the University of Texas Health Specialty and Research Hospital, a 144-bed facility in the heart of the South Texas Medical Center. Read the story.
News 4: Poison control center fielding calls about drinking bleach, kids eating hand sanitizer
September 8, 2020
Dr. Shawn Varney, South Texas Poison Center, explained that new numbers show calls to Texas poison control centers have skyrocketed since the pandemic began. Read and watch the video.
Post-COVID syndrome hits kids’ hearts
September 4, 2020
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome damages the heart to such an extent that some children will need lifelong monitoring and interventions.
Post-COVID syndrome severely damages children’s hearts; ‘immense inflammation’ causing cardiac blood vessel dilation
September 4, 2020
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), believed to be linked to COVID-19, damages the heart to such an extent that some children will need lifelong monitoring and interventions, said the senior author of a medical literature review publ …
San Antonio Business Journal names three from UT Health San Antonio as Health Care Heroes
September 4, 2020
Three UT Health San Antonio faculty members have been honored as Health Care Heroes by the San Antonio Business Journal.
Medical School Building bridge gets new roof
September 4, 2020
Construction of a new roof for the bridge that connects the Academic Administration Building and the Holly Auditorium to the Medical School Building is set to begin Sept. 8 and is expected to take two months to complete.
Texas Public Radio: Health official urges social distancing ahead of holiday weekend to avoid another COVID-19 spike
September 4, 2020
Dr. Fred Campbell, General and Hospital Medicine, was a guest on Texas Public Radio’s “The Source” urging social distancing this holiday weekend to avoid another COVID-19 spike. Previous holiday weekends have contributed to a surge in cases. Listen to …