UT Health San Antonio creating national telementoring initiative to improve health care across the U.S.
October 9, 2020
SAN ANTONIO (Oct. 9, 2020) — Thanks to a $3 million grant to UT Health San Antonio, health care workers across rural America may soon have a new way of learning about the latest evidence-based care so that they can provide it to their communities. The …
Dr. Mingjiang Xu receives UT System award to support cancer epigenetics research
October 9, 2020
Mingjiang Xu, MD, PhD, professor of molecular medicine, was awarded a $1 million UT System Faculty STARs award to enhance cancer epigenetics research and support the discovery of targeted therapeutics for blood cancers.
Spirit Week 2020: Performance is driven by passion
October 9, 2020
Let’s celebrate our People. Passion. Performance. Spirit Week is October 12-16!
On streets of injustice, here’s how we drive toward transportation equity for Latinos
October 8, 2020
New reports from Salud America! at UT Health San Antonio investigate the failure of investing in project-by-project transportation projects, and recommend systemic changes to reverse unfair planning practices that overlook Latino communities.
Groundbreaking study finds activator of magnesium dynamics in the body
October 8, 2020
Discovery seen as avenue to develop novel therapies for many conditions. Researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) have solved the 100-year-old mystery of what activates magnesium ions in the …
KTSA: CDC guidelines on COVID-19 transmission
October 8, 2020
Dr. Fred Campbell, Hospital and General Medicine, answered listeners’ questions on KTSA radio’s Jack Riccardi Show, focusing on the CDC’s revised guidelines on how COVID-19 spreads, reassuring the public that rare occurrences of transmission, due to po …
Dr. Daruka Mahadevan named director of the Institute for Drug Development
October 7, 2020
Daruka Mahadevan, MD, PhD, chief of the Division of Hematology-Oncology, was appointed to two new expanded leadership roles at the Mays Cancer Center. In addition to being chief of hematology-oncology, Dr. Mahadevan will assume the roles of director of …
KENS 5: UT Health San Antonio doctor talks about the warning signs of throat cancer that Eddie Van Halen died from
October 7, 2020
Dr. Jay Ferrell, Otolaryngology, educated viewers about the warning signs of head and neck cancers, who is at risk, and the treatments available after news of the passing of guitar rock icon, Eddie Van Halen, who died of throat cancer at the age of 65. …
KVUE TV: ‘Cheers!’ Gov. Abbott tweets more openings on the way. Could bars be next?
October 7, 2020
Dr. Jan Patterson, Infectious Diseases, advised that it’s important for people to follow safety protocols in restaurants and bars, where people tend to be in close contact and not everyone is wearing a mask at all times. Watch the story.
Flu shots are crucial during COVID-19 pandemic
October 6, 2020
Ramon Cancino, MD, MS, FAAFP, director of the Primary Care Center for UT Health Physicians, explains the importance of getting the flu vaccine during the COVID-19 pandemic and how you can avoid potentially contracting both the flu and the coronavirus a …