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August 9, 2021
Dr. Ruth Berggren, Infectious Diseases, Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics, is quoted in this story, one of her weekly Q&A segments on KSAT 12. She makes the point that there have been zero COVID-19 deaths reported in San Antonio among the vaccinated population. Watch story
August 6, 2021
Dr. Robert Leverence, chief medical officer for UT Health Physicians, spoke to KENS 5 viewers in this story about the critical capacity at hospitals across the city with COVID-positive patients, including children, and the importance of getting vaccinated to slow the spread, especially in the face of the delta variant. Watch story
August 4, 2021
Dr. Katherine Bartush, with UT Health Physicians Sports Medicine, was interviewed for a story that appeared on KSAT 12 where she spoke to viewers about ways to avoid heat injury this summer. Watch story
August 3, 2021
Dr. Amelie Ramirez, Institute for Health Promotion Research, Salud America!, Population Health Sciences, wrote this opinion piece that appeared in the San Antonio Express-News. Read commentary
August 3, 2021
Dr. Sudha Seshadri, Neurology/Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases, discussed a study of older adults in Argentina that showed a surprising amount of dementia-like changes in memory and thinking for at least six months after contracting COVID-19. Watch story
August 3, 2021
Dr. Kumar Sharma, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Center for Renal Precision Medicine, and Dr. Subrata Debnath, Nephrology, are quoted in this news release disseminated on Yahoo.com about NIRVANA, a National Institutes of Health-funded pilot clinical study to treat acute kidney injury in COVID-19 patients. Read story