The Latinx Community and COVID-Disinformation Campaigns

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. […]

San Antonio Express-News: Bexar County deaths from COVID surpass 5,000

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

News 4 San Antonio (WOAI-TV): COVID-19: Fact vs. Fiction

January 18, 2022

Dr. Robert Leverence, chief medical officer for UT Health San Antonio Physicians Practice, spoke to News 4 San Antonio viewers during this Q&A interview segment where he discussed and gave straight talk about where we are with omicron, the varying levels of sickness someone can have depending how many shots they have received, other possible […]

KSAT 12: Despite pandemic, San Antonio nursing schools see record applications

January 13, 2022

Dr. Cynthia O’Neal, associate dean of undergraduate studies for the School of Nursing, told KSAT 12 that students are following their hearts pursuing nursing during a pandemic, accounting in large part for a more than doubling in applications. The story also featured nursing student Austin Chapa.   Watch Now