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December 23, 2020
Dr. Ruth Berggren, Infectious Diseases, explained to KSAT 12 news audiences that Pfizer’s vaccine trials tried to exclude pregnant women, but that did not happen; 23 women got pregnant anyway and are now being monitored. Moderna’s vaccine has not officially been studied on pregnant women either. Read and watch the story.
December 23, 2020
Dr. Robert Leverence, chief medical officer for UT Health Physicians, spoke to KENS 5 TV viewers about being “COVID cautious” during the holidays and the risk we have of overwhelming the health care community, if this surge continues. Read and watch the story.
December 21, 2020
Dr. Claudia Miller, Family and Community Medicine, was interviewed for a Texas Public Radio story explaining that the next few months will see the “perfect storm” for compromised respiratory systems — the convergence of COVID-19, the flu and cedar fever season. Read the story.
December 21, 2020
Dr. Robert Leverence, chief medical officer for UT Health Physicians, was a live guest on KSAT 12’s Leading SA news interview program, discussing the latest on COVID-19 vaccine news including topics of the Moderna vaccine, the current state of the pandemic and when vaccines could be made available to the general public. Read and watch […]
December 18, 2020
Judianne Kellaway, associate dean for admissions and outreach at the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, commented for a San Antonio Current story on the 20 percent increase in applicants for the 2021 entry year realized by the UT Health San Antonio Long School of Medicine and whether or not COVID-19 was […]
December 18, 2020
Dr. Ruben Mesa, Mays Cancer Center, is quoted in a story on OncLive saying that both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are exciting developments, given how these vaccines were developed (without the presence of the full virus); as a result, Dr. Mesa and his colleagues strongly feel they should likely be safe for almost all […]