New Action Pack: Start a ‘Handle With Care’ program so police can notify schools if kids are exposed to trauma!

August 26, 2019

Sixty percent of U.S. kids are exposed to violence, crime or abuse. These kids still have to go to class, carrying a burden of stress and trauma that can hurt their behavior and grades in schools that aren’t even aware there’s an issue. That’s why the new “Handle With Care Action Pack,” from the Salud […]

School of Nursing’s Narcan project for released inmates is first in the state

August 22, 2019

SAN ANTONIO (Aug. 20, 2019) ― The UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing is initiating a new program with the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office to distribute the lifesaving medication Narcan to those leaving the jail. Narcan is a naloxone spray used to reverse opioid overdose. The announcement was made Aug. 20 at a press […]

School of Nursing to host USAID photo exhibit on Zika epidemic

August 14, 2019

WHAT:  The School of Nursing at UT Health San Antonio is hosting a reception to kick off a traveling photo exhibition here called “Stronger There, Safer Here.” The exhibit highlights the U.S. Agency for International Development’s response to the devastating Zika virus epidemic in Latin America and the Caribbean. It also describes the approaches USAID, […]

A new method for tooth repair?

August 9, 2019

Scientists discover new mechanism that could help fix dental cavities in the future SAN ANTONIO (Aug. 9, 2019) ― An international team of researchers, including a dental professor from UT Health San Antonio, has found a novel mechanism that could possibly offer a new way to repair teeth in the future. The mechanism involves stem […]