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June 3, 2020
Dr. Ruben Mesa, director of the Mays Cancer Center, was interviewed about the new study in The Lancet featuring data from the COVID-19 and Cancer Consortium. Mesa said the results from the nearly 1,000 patients showed the death rate of cancer patients who contract COVID-19 is about 13%, twice the rate of the general population. […]
June 2, 2020
UT Health San Antonio is participating in a study of asymptomatic COVID-19 cases in San Antonio. Dr. Barbara Taylor, Infectious Diseases, is a co-PI of this study and UT Health San Antonio medical students are participating along with the San Antonio Fire Department and San Antonio Metropolitan Health District. Read the full story.
June 2, 2020
UT Health San Antonio is participating in a study of asymptomatic COVID-19 cases in San Antonio. Dr. Barbara Taylor, Infectious Diseases, is a co-PI of this study and UT Health San Antonio medical students are participating along with the San Antonio Fire Department and San Antonio Metropolitan Health District. Read the full story.
June 2, 2020
The San Antonio Metropolitan Health District has partnered with UT Health San Antonio and the San Antonio Fire Department to measure the prevalence of asymptomatic carriers of COVID-19 in Bexar County. The study involves sampling about 500 households, enabling local health experts to see how big a role asymptomatic residents play in the transmission of […]
June 1, 2020
San Antonio health experts say Mayor Ron Nirenberg has been keen to seek their advice before making major decisions — even if that advice was unpleasant. “He’s very receptive to ideas that are different from his own and especially if we were coming with expertise and data,” said Dr. Barbara Taylor, an infectious diseases specialist […]
June 1, 2020
This article, about emergency birth in the field, was written by a group of medical students led by Drs. Erin Mankus and Sarah Page-Ramsey from Obstetrics/Gynecology. Read the full article.