USA Today: Coronavirus: Family physicians provide telehealth care at risk of bankruptcy
April 8, 2020
Dr. Carlos is a contributing author to this USA Today opinion piece on family/primary care physicians providing telehealth care during coronavirus pandemic.
Fox 29: UT Health San Antonio using telemedicine to care for HIV patients
April 8, 2020
Dr. Wari Allison explains how telemedicine is used to help care and provide for HIV patients during the coronavirus pandemic
KSAT: SAQ: How will the local COVID-19 projections change with new data?
April 8, 2020
Dr. Ruth Berggren discusses testing, when the peak will come, the difference between quarantine and isolation, and options for immunocompromised people to obtain groceries and medications.
San Antonio Express-News: San Antonio-based training command’s suicides among highest in Air Force last year
April 8, 2020
Dr. Alan Peterson, Psychiatry/STRONG STAR PTSD consortium, is quoted in the San Antonio Express-News about a significant increase this year in military-related suicides, citing that it isn’t clear if the coronavirus pandemic has played a role in the 2020 death.
KTSA: COVID-19 questions answered
April 8, 2020
Dr. Anthony Hartzler was a guest on KTSA radio’s Jack Riccardi Show.
KSAT 12: Some COVID-19 patients ‘fully recovered,’ but not quickly
April 7, 2020
Dr. Holly Day speaks about supportive care for COVID-19 patients, as well as the use of hydroxychloroquine, to help patients not in the ICU improve.
KSAT 12: Local scientists studying levels of immunity in COVID-19 survivors
April 7, 2020
Teams of scientists from UT Health San Antonio and Texas Biomedical Research Institute are trying to determine if those who recover from COVID-19 are immune from future infections.
Texas Public Radio: Petrie Dish Podcast: Beyond Capacity: A Closer Look at America’s Ventilator Shortage
April 7, 2020
Ruth Berggren, M.D., Infectious Diseases, Anoop Nambiar, M.D., Pulmonary Diseases, and David Shelledy, Ph.D., RRT, School of Health Professions dean, are featured in Texas Public Radio’s new podcast, Petrie Dish, about the shortage of ventilators.
How is working from home working for you?
April 7, 2020
UT Health San Antonio is interested in learning more about your current work situation and wants to support you during this challenging time. We ask that you complete a brief survey to help us identify ways to improve during this unprecedented situatio …
Technology support during COVID-19
April 7, 2020
A significant percentage of the faculty and staff are working remotely, either in split shifts or full time. This has increased the dependence on technology to enable remote connections, instant messaging and virtual meetings. Yeman Collier, vice presi …