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May 7, 2020
UT Health San Antonio has clinics and labs across the city with its health care workers and researchers on the front line. They say they do not have a shortage and “are closely monitoring our PPE and are providing universal masking to our employees.” While the supply chain seems sufficient locally, all of these hospitals […]
May 7, 2020
Dr. Ruth Berggren, infectious diseases specialist and director of the Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics, answers coronavirus questions submitted by viewers. Dr. Berggren discusses restaurants, hair salons and gyms reopening, antibody testing, improvement of testing with increased capacity and more. Watch the interview.
May 7, 2020
Dr. Thomas Patterson, chief of the Division of Infectious Disease, was a guest on KTSA’s Jack Riccardi Show. Dr. Patterson discussed the new anti-viral drug, remdesivir, for the sickest COVID-19 patients. Dr. Patterson is leading a local study site in the clinical trial testing the drug, which just received emergency authorization from the FDA. He […]
May 7, 2020
Dr. Fred Campbell, an internal medicine doctor in the Department of General and Hospital Medicine, answered questions about COVID-19 on KTSA’s Jack Riccardi Show. Topics included low oxygen saturation, lung condition of COVID-19 survivors and antibody treatments. Listen below:
May 7, 2020
Joshua Hanson, MD, MPH, associate dean for student affairs at UT Health San Antonio, explains why it’s important to donate blood now more than ever. Medical Minute is a collaboration between UT Health San Antonio and KENS 5.
May 6, 2020
Seniors tend to slow down physically at about the same time they decline mentally, leading to a heightened mortality risk, according to a new study conducted by UT Health San Antonio. Read the full story. Other websites featuring this story: News-Medical.net: Thinking and walking determine a person’s health trajectory, shows study ScienceDaily.com: Cognition and gait […]