News 4: San Antonio research teams tracking COVID-19 variants

September 10, 2021

Dr. Jason Bowling, Infectious Diseases, spoke to News 4 San Antonio viewers about what to expect from the new COVID-19 variants being tracked, why the delta variant is still the biggest concern and what vaccine companies are looking at doing with the flu and COVID vaccines to make it more convenient for us to stay […]


Immunologic resilience: A new metric to accurately gauge COVID-19’s path

September 9, 2021

Researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and the South Texas Veterans Health Care System unveiled a novel concept, “immunologic resilience,” to accurately predict which COVID-19 patients will advance to severe disease and which will not.

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Fox 29: UT Health San Antonio works with VA-San Antonio to come up with immune health grades

September 9, 2021

Dr. Grace Lee, Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, and Dr. Marcos Restrepo, Pulmonary Diseases, were interviewed about their study of immunologic resilience measured in 522 patients with COVID-19 at Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital in San Antonio, a hospital of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Watch story