Medical News Today: COVID-19 and the brain: What do we know so far?

January 25, 2021

Dr. Gabriel de Erausquin and Dr. Sudha Seshadri, Neurology/Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases, and their work on the long-term effects of COVID-19 on the brain, are featured in this Medical News Today story. Read the story.


San Antonio Report: The COVID-19 vaccine: Most who want it can’t yet get it

January 25, 2021

Dr. Robert Ferrer, Family and Community Medicine, is quoted in this opinion piece by Robert Rivard of the San Antonio Report, saying that the virus is hitting economically distressed communities harder and that he strongly recommends taking the vaccines to protect against it. Read the commentary.





UT Health San Antonio given designation to vaccinate sickest San Antonians

January 21, 2021

In a positive development for San Antonio’s COVID vaccine efforts, the state has designated UT Health San Antonio’s clinical practice a vaccine hub. This unique designation targets a population of over 120,000 of San Antonio’s most medically complex and vulnerable patients.