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March 12, 2021
Dr. Robert Leverence, chief medical officer of UT Health Physicians, describes, in this KENS 5 story, that UT Health San Antonio, a vaccine hub, has been targeting teachers, day care providers, health care workers and people with medical conditions and is now able to also offer direct online scheduling to the members of the public. […]
March 11, 2021
Dr. Ruth Berggren, Infectious Diseases, offers her commentary, published in the San Antonio Express-News, that we should not remove our masks too soon; she likewise encourages our community to follow the science and get vaccinated. Read the commentary.
March 11, 2021
This San Antonio Business Journal story mentions that UT Health San Antonio and its Mays Cancer Center received a $6 million award from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas to recruit Alexander Mazin, PhD, a senior, highly accomplished biochemist and cancer biologist currently at Drexel University College of Medicine. Read the story.
March 11, 2021
Drs. Allen Anderson, Cardiology, and Lindsay Bira, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, provide perspectives in a KSAT 12 story about underlying conditions and vaccination, saying that persons at high risk due to their having multiple medical problems should never be shamed away from getting the vaccine. Read and watch the story.
March 11, 2021
The San Antonio Report links to the UT Health San Antonio online vaccination registration portal in this article that Texans, ages 50 and older, will be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine beginning Monday, March 15. Read the story.
March 11, 2021
Dr. Jan Patterson, Infectious Diseases, gave comments for this San Antonio Express-News story about vaccine access opening to Texans 50 and older, saying that this step should help us in reaching more vulnerable people and reducing deaths, noting that the 50-64 year old age group has so far accounted for 20 percent of all COVID-19 […]