The COVID-19 vaccine is here, but the fight is not over
December 17, 2020
Ruth Berggren, MD, infectious disease specialist for UT Health San Antonio, explains the excitement surrounding the arrival and distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine and the importance of not letting our guard down during the holidays.
Fox 29: ‘It’s an early Christmas gift,’ doctors are excited to get COVID vaccine, stop the surge
December 16, 2020
Dr. Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, Rehabilitation Medicine, spoke on Fox 29 about the excitement surrounding the new COVID-19 vaccine and how it is an early gift for health care workers caring for patients. Read and watch the story.
Fox 29: COVID vaccinations underway for local frontline workers
December 16, 2020
This Fox 29 story is about the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine being administered to UT Health San Antonio’s front-line health care workers, physicians, nurses and students. Read and watch the story.
News 4: COVID vaccinations underway for local frontline workers
December 16, 2020
This News 4 story is about the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine being administered to UT Health San Antonio’s front-line health care workers, physicians, nurses and students. Read and watch the story.
News 4: UT Health San Antonio to begin vaccinating frontline workers Tuesday
December 16, 2020
UT Health San Antonio made history when the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine was administered to the university’s front-line health care workers, physicians, nurses and students. Read and watch the story.
KENS 5: Frontline heroes receive first coronavirus vaccines in San Antonio
December 16, 2020
This KENS 5 story mentions how the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine was administered to UT Health San Antonio’s front-line health care workers, physicians, nurses and students on Dec. 15. Read and watch the story.
News Radio 1200 WOAI: Doctor: Keep wearing masks even though vaccine is in town
December 16, 2020
Dr. Fred Campbell, General and Hospital Medicine, says people should continue wearing masks and social distancing even as COVID-19 vaccines become available and are administered. Read the story.
San Antonio Report: ‘Ray of hope’: UT Health administers San Antonio’s first doses of coronavirus vaccine
December 16, 2020
Dr. William Henrich, president, is quoted in this San Antonio Report story regarding the ‘Ray of hope’ afforded by the COVID-19 vaccine. UT Health San Antonio is one of the first sites in the state to receive 6,000 doses of the Pfizer-developed vaccin …
San Antonio Express-News: ‘History in the making:’ COVID-19 vaccinations begin
December 16, 2020
This front page print article highlights how the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine was administered to UT Health San Antonio’s front-line health care workers, physicians, nurses and students on Dec. 15. Read the story. Front page-print article shown.
KSAT 12: Doctors, health care workers among the first to get COVID-19 vaccine in San Antonio
December 16, 2020
Dr. Ruth Berggren, Infectious Diseases, was interviewed about being one of the first health care workers to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine and says she’s hopeful that as the public watches front-liners get vaccinated it will build the confidence t …