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July 1, 2016
As people plan more outdoor activities this summer, some pregnant women may be wondering which insect repellent will protect them the best against Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitos, whose bites are the primary cause of Zika virus. The virus has caused brain abnormalities in babies developing in the womb.
June 3, 2016
Hepatitis C is the leading blood-borne disease in the U.S., with more than 3.5 million people developing a chronic infection. While the outlook for treating hepatitis C was grim just a few years ago, now most patients can be cured with direct-acting antiviral medications, many of them evaluated at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio.
February 1, 2016
This week’s edge features an update on the Zika virus. Watch the video on NowCast SA
February 1, 2016
The first sexually transmitted case of the Zika virus is confirmed in Dallas County. Dallas County Health and Human Services said it received confirmation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It said the patient was infected after having sexual contact with a person who returned from Venezuela. DCHHS said it will not provide […]
January 27, 2016
Directors of the nation’s 69 National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Centers, including the Cancer Therapy & Research Institute of the UT Health Science Center San Antonio, have called for all children and young adults to be vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV).
March 13, 2015
Patients with life-threating fungal infections have new hope for survival and less-severe side effects with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval of a new drug, isavuconazonium sulfate, also called CRESEMBA®.