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January 18, 2022
Dr. Ruth Berggren, Infectious Diseases and Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics at UT Health San Antonio, told KSAT 12 that individuals can get variants of the COVID-19 virus twice, and that the best defense still is to get vaccinated. Read More
January 18, 2022
This story includes a reference to UT Health San Antonio and a study of post-COVID patients by Dr. Gabriel de Erausquin, linking to a story about his study of patients in Argentina. Read More
January 18, 2022
Dr. Robert Leverence, chief medical officer for UT Health San Antonio Physicians Practice, answered questions during this live KSAT 12 Leading SA weekend morning show interview segment. He discussed the current COVID forecast with the omicron impact, what the expression “endemic” means, the importance of being vaccinated and boosted and the different levels of protection each round of […]
January 18, 2022
Dr. Barbara Taylor, Infectious Diseases, and Dr. Sudha Seshadri, Neurology/Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases, discussed long-term effects of COVID-19 on Texas Public Radio’s The Source. Some of their answers are summarized below. Listen Now
January 18, 2022
This New Yorker commentary includes a reference to Salud America!, a national Latino health equity-focused organization. Salud America! is led by health disparities researcher Dr. Amelie G. Ramirez, professor and chair of the Department of Population Health Sciences and director of the Institute for Health Promotion Research. Our institution name is included in the reference. […]
January 18, 2022
Dr. Jason Bowling, associate professor and infectious disease specialist, told the San Antonio Express-News that with the highly contagious and transmissible omicron variant of the COVID virus, he was very worried that infection numbers would go high – and they have. Total COVID deaths in the county now have topped 5,000. Read More