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December 30, 2020
Dr. Robert Leverence, chief medical officer for UT Health Physicians, spoke to KENS 5 viewers about current CDC travel recommendations, the rise in hospitalizations due to COVID-19 and how our behaviors can help. Read and watch the story.
December 29, 2020
Dr. Ruth Berggren, Infectious Diseases, provided an excellent interview to the San Antonio Express-News, reassuring the public about the safety of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines and explaining the synthetic messenger, or mRNA, that directs cells to produce proteins that trigger the immune system to create antibodies. Read the story.
December 29, 2020
Dr. Evelien Bunnik, Ph.D., Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, is profiled within San Antonio Magazine’s Frontline Heroes package, bringing attention to UT Health San Antonio’s response via COVID-19 research; she hopes that next time people will take it more seriously earlier on, so that we may be better prepared. Read the story.
December 28, 2020
The San Antonio Report posted a top-images-of-2020 pictorial and the UT Health San Antonio first day of vaccine distribution was included. Read the story.
December 28, 2020
KSAT 12 posted an article titled “22 of the biggest, most impactful coronavirus headlines of 2020.” The story references day one of our vaccine distribution: Nearly 6,000 doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine were delivered to UT Health San Antonio on Dec. 14, one of only four facilities in Texas to receive a vaccine delivery that day. The facility […]
December 28, 2020
Dr. Anthony Hartzler, General and Hospital Medicine, commented to News 4 San Antonio regarding the importance of mask wearing when flying, when 6-foot distancing is not being maintained, as even a sophisticated ventilation system may not prevent the spread of COVID-19 if you take off your mask; Dr. Hartzler emphasized that COVID is primarily transmitted […]