Resilient, adaptive, maladaptive responses: an emerging paradigm to explain allergy severity

May 6, 2022

UT Health San Antonio-VA team studies airway lining integrity and inflammation balance in controlled chamber Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (May 6, 2022) — Allergies, including asthma, impose a significant health burden on society. Allergies are the sixth most common cause of chronic illness and are among the top health conditions in children. There […]

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Hepatitis cases of unknown origin seen in South Texas, pediatric GI doctor says

April 28, 2022

Contact: Will Sansom, (210) 567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (April 28, 2022) — Clinicians in the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology at UT Health San Antonio have seen cases of a mysterious and serious liver disease in otherwise healthy children, Naveen Mittal, MD, professor and division chief, said today. One young patient is in a San Antonio hospital, […]

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UT Health San Antonio is regional provider for school youth mental and behavioral health telemedicine services

April 27, 2022

The Texas Child Health Access Through Telemedicine (TCHATT) program provides psychiatric medication management and behavioral health therapy services for children and adolescents referred by their schools. Contact: Will Sansom, (210) 567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu Article by Kortinae Lozano, UT Health San Antonio SAN ANTONIO (April 27, 2022) – As part of the Texas Child Mental Health Care […]




NIH awards $2.4 million grant to UT Health San Antonio and ADA Science & Research Institute to study responsible antibiotic use

April 27, 2022

Contact: Steven Lee, (210) 450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO, April 27, 2022 — The National Institutes of Health has awarded a four-year, $2.4 million grant to The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio), which will work in collaboration with the American Dental Association Science & Research Institute (ADASRI) to […]