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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.
January 25, 2021
Dr. Robert Leverence, chief medical officer for UT Health Physicians, commented to the San Antonio Business Journal regarding the critical importance of our university’s becoming a COVID-19 vaccination hub for the region’s most vulnerable populations. Read the story.
January 22, 2021
A brief reference to UT Health San Antonio was made in this San Antonio Express-News story about the scarcity of COVID-19 vaccines, indicating that an allotment of ours went to the city for its Alamodome appointments. Read the story.
January 22, 2021
The news of UT Health San Antonio becoming the city’s latest vaccine hub is shared by the San Antonio Report. Read the story.
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.
January 21, 2021
Dr. Ruth Berggren, Infectious Diseases, is referenced in this KSAT 12 story, mentioning her participation in a KSAT virtual Town Hall in December when she said that several vaccine trial participants got pregnant during the trials without issue, and COVID doesn’t not appear to be affecting pregnancies in general. Read the story.