KTSA: Ask a doctor
May 21, 2020
Dr. Fred Campbell, General and Hospital Medicine, was a guest on KTSA radio’s Ask a Doctor segment. He discussed how antibodies against COVID-19 work, testing and transmission. Listen below:
Texas Public Radio: Texas bars can reopen Friday at 25% capacity. How will they adapt to the new normal?
May 20, 2020
Dr. Ruth Berggren, infectious diseases specialist and director of the Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics, provided expert insight for a discussion about the reopening of bars in San Antonio on TPR’s “The Source”. Read and listen to the interview.
Task force weighs recommendations as clinical activity resumes
May 19, 2020
A group of clinical chairs and medical directors at UT Health Physicians, the clinical practice of UT Health San Antonio, has formed a Resumption of Clinical Activity Task Force to recommend measures in the setting of continued social distancing and enhanced infection control.
Texas Public Radio: Meet the army of disease detectives tracking COVID-19
May 19, 2020
School of Nursing student, Talice Nieto, and Dr. Barbara Taylor, associate professor of infectious diseases and assistant dean of the M.D./M.P.H., program, were interviewed about contact tracing for the “Petrie Dish” podcast. Dr. Taylor is the leader of the COVID-19 Health Transition Team for San Antonio and Bexar County. Listen to the podcast.
KENS 5: Second phase of testing for COVID-19 drug
May 18, 2020
The second phase of the clinical trial being led by Dr. Tom Patterson, chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases, for a COVID-19 treatment. This second phase of the trial follows encouraging results from the initial part of the study, which included 20 University Hospital patients. Watch the story.
Second phase of clinical trial for promising COVID-19 drug begins
May 15, 2020
Second phase includes FDA-approved anti-inflammatory drug along with remdesivir.
