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May 7, 2020
Dr. Ruth Berggren, infectious diseases specialist and director of the Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics, answers coronavirus questions submitted by viewers. Dr. Berggren discusses restaurants, hair salons and gyms reopening, antibody testing, improvement of testing with increased capacity and more. Watch the interview.
May 7, 2020
Dr. Thomas Patterson, chief of the Division of Infectious Disease, was a guest on KTSA’s Jack Riccardi Show. Dr. Patterson discussed the new anti-viral drug, remdesivir, for the sickest COVID-19 patients. Dr. Patterson is leading a local study site in the clinical trial testing the drug, which just received emergency authorization from the FDA. He […]
May 7, 2020
Dr. Fred Campbell, an internal medicine doctor in the Department of General and Hospital Medicine, answered questions about COVID-19 on KTSA’s Jack Riccardi Show. Topics included low oxygen saturation, lung condition of COVID-19 survivors and antibody treatments. Listen below:
May 6, 2020
Seniors tend to slow down physically at about the same time they decline mentally, leading to a heightened mortality risk, according to a new study conducted by UT Health San Antonio. Read the full story. Other websites featuring this story: News-Medical.net: Thinking and walking determine a person’s health trajectory, shows study ScienceDaily.com: Cognition and gait […]
May 6, 2020
Significant safety efforts are in place as we return to campus, but the main and most effective defense we have is by you continuing to wash your hands, maintain appropriate social distancing and wearing a mask.
May 6, 2020
SARS-CoV-2 survivors have an important asset: antibodies against it. Studying samples from these individuals will help a team at the Long School of Medicine to understand which antibodies best neutralize the coronavirus. This will be important in developing an effective vaccine against the infection. Read the full story.