Donate to help families this Giving Tuesday
November 28, 2022
Giving Tuesday is Nov. 29. On this day, for 24 hours, people around the world will participate in a global day of giving.
UT Health San Antonio selected for $3 million grant to train community health workers in South Texas
November 17, 2022
Goal is to increase workforce to serve marginalized populations, rural communities UT Health San Antonio will leverage a three-year, $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to train community health workers (CHWs) with the goal of increasing access to health services and addressing the public […]
10 organizations join Health Confianza’s Health Literacy Pledge Program
November 17, 2022
Health Confianza, a communitywide effort providing health literacy training and education to the community, professionals and organizations, has welcomed 10 local organizations to its Health Literacy Pledge Program.
Parkway outpatient and surgery center holds beam-signing ceremony
November 16, 2022
Much-needed primary and specialty health care, as well as surgical services, for a growing Northwest Side drew an important step closer with a beam-signing ceremony for the UT Health at Kyle Seale Parkway outpatient and surgery center, signaling that crews have completed the steel construction phase of the project. Leaders of UT Health Physicians, the […]
A third of San Antonians have prediabetes; doctors urge testing
November 10, 2022
During Diabetes Awareness Month (November), UT Health San Antonio endocrinologist Carolina Solis-Herrera, MD, reminds the community that one in every three people in San Antonio has prediabetes, which physicians define by a hemoglobin A1C percentage of 5.7% to 6.4%. Hemoglobin A1C is a blood test that measures average glucose levels over the past three months. Carolina […]
School of Nursing provides Narcan to Bexar County Sheriff’s Office
November 7, 2022
Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar stopped by the UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing on Oct. 27 to receive 96 doses of Narcan®, a nasal spray that can rescue individuals who have experienced accidental opioid poisoning. The School of Nursing provides training to first responders on the use of Narcan and has distributed […]
