Triple threat: COVID, smoking and mountain cedar pollen
December 11, 2020
‘Lungs can only take so much,’ environmental medicine physician says. Mary Lucas lives on San Antonio’s Northeast Side with her 8-year-old son, Mychael Gordon. Both have asthma, requiring them to have ready access to an inhaler and nebulizer. Making ma …
COVID-19 vaccine-related cyberattacks
December 10, 2020
Emerging guidance from state and federal agencies indicate that cybercriminals are now aggressively targeting the health care community with COVID vaccine-related attacks.
New director of the Institute for Integration of Medicine and Science named
December 10, 2020
Mark P. Goldberg, MD, will join UT Health San Antonio as director of the Institute for Integration of Medicine and Science, assistant vice president for translational research and principal investigator clinical and translational science awards (CTSA) program.
News 4: Initial doses of COVID vaccine could arrive in Bexar County next week
December 10, 2020
Dr. Fred Campbell, Hospital and General Medicine, spoke to News 4 about the 28,000 initial doses of COVID vaccine arriving in Bexar County next week, all of which would be dedicated to first responders and health care workers in direct contact with pat …
San Antonio Express-News: During the pandemic, cancer care has taken a hit, researchers say at San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium
December 10, 2020
Dr. Virginia Kaklamani, Mays Cancer Center, again led the programming of the annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held virtually this year; the symposium’s research presenters commented that the coronavirus pandemic has negatively impacted the t …
COVID-19 vaccine distribution information available Friday
December 9, 2020
Our leaders and experts will share valuable information on COVID-19 vaccine distribution plans for UT Health San Antonio that will begin the week of Dec. 14. A recorded webinar with details on these topics will be distributed to all faculty, staff, residents and students on Friday afternoon.
News 4: Health officials fear Thanksgiving COVID numbers getting higher
December 9, 2020
Dr. Ralph Riviello, Emergency Medicine, is quoted in this News 4 story about the dramatic rise in the 7-day average of COVID-19 cases. Read the story.
OBR Oncology: Experts Preview Noteworthy Trials at SABCS 2020
December 9, 2020
Virginia Kaklamani, MD, is quoted in the following story regarding the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS). Dr. Kaklamami is director of the Mays Cancer Center Breast Cancer program and is a co-leader of the SABCS. Read the story.
Medscape Medical News: SABCS 2020: What’s Hot, Including a Major Chemotherapy Trial
December 9, 2020
Virginia Kaklamani, MD, is quoted in the following story regarding the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS). Dr. Kaklamami is director of the Mays Cancer Center Breast Cancer program and is a co-leader of the SABCS. Read the story.
KSAT 12: ‘Your lungs are filled with double pneumonia’: Breast exam leads to San Antonio woman’s COVID-19 diagnosis
December 9, 2020
Drs. Maryam Elmi, breast surgical oncologist, and Virginia Kaklamani, breast oncologist, Mays Cancer Center, shared with KSAT 12 TV an inspiring story of a patient whose breast cancer scan led her oncology team to a diagnosis of COVID-19. Read and watc …