When a loved one needs you

May 9, 2023

Illness or injury to a close family member can be stressful, time-consuming and emotionally difficult. A university benefit, however, can help make those challenges a little less demanding. Paid family leave provides up to six weeks of paid leave to care for qualified family members such as a spouse, child or parent. It’s not for employees’ […]



‘Everything I do, I’ve done for my son’

May 4, 2023

Graduating School of Nursing student sets inspirational example A single mother, Patricia De La Cruz had to overcome significant hurdles before applying to nursing school. Living in a new country, she needed to learn English, take prerequisite courses and learn to drive. It was a steep climb, but she reached a major peak when she […]


KENS 5 Medical Minute: Understanding Aphasia

May 4, 2023

Cathy Torrington Eaton, PhD, CCC-SLP, Speech-Language Pathology, raises awareness about aphasia, a common communication disorder caused by stroke, brain injury or a progressive condition. Dr. Eaton provides information about a new monthly support group for patients and their families called San Antonio Network for Aphasia (SANA) that is organized and hosted by UT Health San […]


Sinusitis, dental infection or both

May 2, 2023

More than 40% of sinusitis infections in the maxillary sinuses originate as a dental infection, a condition referred to as maxillary sinusitis of dental origin (MSDO).

Man frowns in pain while holding his hand to his cheek.


Women’s Wellness Campus well underway

May 1, 2023

Construction has begun on the Women’s Wellness Campus, an initiative to expand the School of Nursing’s successful Casa Mia program that provides recovery housing, structure, support and hope for mothers with substance use disorder.

Leaders of this construction project stand side by side in front of the campus groundbreaking.