Telemundo: How families can adjust to classes at home
August 20, 2020
Barbara Robles-Ramamurthy, MD, Psychiatry, shares some tips families can use to adjust to virtual learning at home during the pandemic. Watch the interview.
San Antonio Business Journal: These SA institutions to get over $10M in cancer research funding
August 20, 2020
The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) has awarded $10.6 million through a combined six grants to UT Health San Antonio and the University of Texas at San Antonio in its latest funding round. Read more.
Newsweek: Children might spread coronavirus more than we thought — and get different symptoms
August 20, 2020
Dr. Alvaro Moreira, Neonatology, was interviewed by Newsweek for a story addressing the fact that children might spread coronavirus more than we thought—and get different symptoms; the authors of the study being reported on warned that students could fuel the pandemic if the correct precautions aren’t taken when schools reopen. Read the story.
ETHealthworld.com: ‘How coronavirus molecules “camouflage” in host cell decoded, may lead to drug development’
August 19, 2020
Yogesh Gupta, PhD, Biochemistry/Structural Biology, Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute, was interviewed about a paper he co-authored that was published in the journal Nature Communications. According to the study, the COVID-19-causing coronavirus disguises itself so it can hide inside cells in order to replicate without being detected by the immune system; decoding the coronavirus structure […]
American Medical Association: Why depression, anxiety are prevalent during COVID-19
August 19, 2020
Dr. Luz M. Garcini, ReACH, the Center for Research to Advance Community Health, contributed in a health equity video series of the AMA comments regarding the mental health of health care providers. Read the story.
San Antonio Express-News: Medical lab workers cope with pressure, strain of COVID-19 pandemic
August 19, 2020
Dr. Jan Patterson, Infectious Diseases, was interviewed for this San Antonio Express-News story, commenting that another hurdle for coronavirus testing is timing; because of the virus’s long incubation period, a person can get the infection at any point after exposure, up to 14 days, making the day they come in for a test too early. […]