News 4: UT Health San Antonio receives first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine
December 15, 2020
This News 4 story is about the first shipment of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine arriving at UT Health San Antonio on Monday, Dec. 14. Read the story.
The Texas Tribune: COVID-19 vaccine doses are arriving in Texas, giving weary health care workers hope after months of peril
December 15, 2020
UT Health San Antonio was included within this Texas Tribune story, among many like it, that addressed the COVID-19 vaccine doses arriving in Texas this week, with our university being only one of four institutions, from the Rio Grande Valley to the Texas Panhandle and from the Gulf Coast to West Texas, receiving doses and […]
COVID-19 vaccine arrives at UT Health San Antonio
December 14, 2020
UT Health San Antonio was one of only four sites in Texas to receive the first doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine Monday. The university received nearly 6,000 doses of the vaccine, which gained emergency use authorization Dec. 10 from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The Texas Tribune: COVID-19 vaccine doses are arriving in Texas this week, giving weary health care workers hope after months of peril
December 14, 2020
In this story, Wellness 360 at the School of Nursing is listed among the COVID-19 vaccine shipment sites in Texas. Read the story.
KSAT 12: 9 takeaways from COVID-19 vaccine town hall with Metro Health doctors
December 14, 2020
Dr. Ruth Berggren, Infectious Diseases, participated in KSAT 12’s Metro Health town hall addressing nine important questions regarding the COVID-19 vaccine. Read the story.
San Antonio Report: COVID-19 hospitalizations climb in Bexar County on eve of vaccine approval
December 14, 2020
Dr. Ruth Berggren, Infectious Diseases, is quoted in this San Antonio Report story covering her presentation at a Dec. 10 town hall, discussing the local vaccine distribution to front-line health care workers and residents at long-term care facilities such as nursing homes. Read the story.