MyPointTV: Texas reopens and stumbles
August 21, 2020
Dr. Fred Campbell, General and Hospital Medicine, was interviewed for this story about the COVID-19 pandemic and Texas’ reopening. Watch the story.
FOX 29: San Antonio ‘a long way’ from herd immunity, doctor says
August 21, 2020
Dr. Jason Bowling, Infectious Diseases, explains that data on COVID-19 antibodies is still being gathered and, even with all the infections that we’ve had, overall antibody percentage is still low. It could take years for immunity to build up through natural infection. Read and watch the story.
News 4: San Antonio ‘a long way’ from herd immunity, doctor says
August 21, 2020
Dr. Jason Bowling, Infectious Diseases, explains that data on COVID-19 antibodies is still being gathered and, even with all the infections that we’ve had, overall antibody percentage is still low. It could take years for immunity to build up through natural infection. Read and watch the story.
Telemundo: How families can adjust to classes at home
August 20, 2020
Barbara Robles-Ramamurthy, MD, Psychiatry, shares some tips families can use to adjust to virtual learning at home during the pandemic. Watch the interview.
Newsweek: Children might spread coronavirus more than we thought — and get different symptoms
August 20, 2020
Dr. Alvaro Moreira, Neonatology, was interviewed by Newsweek for a story addressing the fact that children might spread coronavirus more than we thought—and get different symptoms; the authors of the study being reported on warned that students could fuel the pandemic if the correct precautions aren’t taken when schools reopen. Read the story.
ETHealthworld.com: ‘How coronavirus molecules “camouflage” in host cell decoded, may lead to drug development’
August 19, 2020
Yogesh Gupta, PhD, Biochemistry/Structural Biology, Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute, was interviewed about a paper he co-authored that was published in the journal Nature Communications. According to the study, the COVID-19-causing coronavirus disguises itself so it can hide inside cells in order to replicate without being detected by the immune system; decoding the coronavirus structure […]