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 …
Laredo Morning Times: Editorial: UT Health’s new teaching hospital will boost region
September 4, 2020
This editorial in the Laredo Morning Times highlights the planned teaching hospital on the UT Health San Antonio campus slated to open in the spring of 2024. This will provide medical students, who want to complete their education in Texas, the opportu …
San Antonio Express-News: Editorial: UT Health’s new teaching hospital will boost region
September 4, 2020
This editorial in the San Antonio Express-News highlights the planned teaching hospital on the UT Health San Antonio campus slated to open in the spring of 2024. This will provide medical students, who want to complete their education in Texas, the opp …
UT Health San Antonio faculty perform during Musical Bridges Around the World’s annual fundraiser
September 3, 2020
D’s on Keys is the main annual fundraising event of Musical Bridges Around the World (MBAW). Francisco Cigarroa, MD, and Alexander Papanastassiou, MD will be performing during the virtual event.
From testing to tested: A first-hand experience with COVID-19
September 3, 2020
As a member of the diagnostic COVID-19 laboratory at UT Health Rio Grande Valley’s Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing lab, UT Health San Antonio nursing student Melissa Ku witnessed the pandemic’s surge first hand. As the …