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March 12, 2021
Dr. Ruth Berggren, Infectious Diseases, answered KSAT 12 viewers’ COVID-19 questions including which vaccine to get, if one has the option, and inquiries about women having more adverse reactions to the vaccines. Watch the Q&A.
March 12, 2021
Dr. Robert Leverence, chief medical officer of UT Health Physicians, describes, in this KENS 5 story, that UT Health San Antonio, a vaccine hub, has been targeting teachers, day care providers, health care workers and people with medical conditions and is now able to also offer direct online scheduling to the members of the public. […]
March 11, 2021
Windpipe procedure reduces mechanical ventilation time. Surgically opening the windpipe, or trachea, within the first seven days of the start of mechanical ventilation decreases the time patients spend on ventilators, shortens their ICU stay and lowers their risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia, according to a systematic review published Thursday (March 11) in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck […]
March 11, 2021
Dr. Ruth Berggren, Infectious Diseases, offers her commentary, published in the San Antonio Express-News, that we should not remove our masks too soon; she likewise encourages our community to follow the science and get vaccinated. Read the commentary.
March 11, 2021
Drs. Allen Anderson, Cardiology, and Lindsay Bira, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, provide perspectives in a KSAT 12 story about underlying conditions and vaccination, saying that persons at high risk due to their having multiple medical problems should never be shamed away from getting the vaccine. Read and watch the story.
March 11, 2021
The San Antonio Report links to the UT Health San Antonio online vaccination registration portal in this article that Texans, ages 50 and older, will be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine beginning Monday, March 15. Read the story.