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March 30, 2021
With 8,700 UT Health San Antonio faculty, staff and students now vaccinated, and even more vaccinations distributed throughout the community, many are wondering if they can ditch their masks and return to social events. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recently updated its guidelines for those who are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
March 26, 2021
Physicians aren’t alone. A published letter by Dharam Kaushik, MD, associate professor of urology and surgeon with the Mays Cancer Center, also references a large study of burnout and trauma in nurses during the pandemic.
March 26, 2021
People who have had major sinus surgery should consult their ENT doctor before undergoing COVID-19 swab testing, new research indicates. Switching to other testing may be warranted for safety.
March 25, 2021
Dr. Robert Leverence, chief medical officer of UT Health Physicians, contributed to this KENS 5 news story about Metro Health’s encouragement to healthy people under 50 to wait to get the COVID-19 vaccine in order to prioritize high-risk groups; this is recommended because young people are less likely to die from coronavirus. Watch the story.
March 25, 2021
Dr. Robert Leverence, chief medical officer of UT Health Physicians, was quoted in this San Antonio Express-News story on all Texas adults becoming eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine starting March 29, saying that we have worked to develop new digital platforms and other scheduling mechanisms to help with open scheduling of patient. Read the story.
March 25, 2021
Dr. Barbara Robles-Ramamurthy, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, was interviewed for this story, offering advice on how to guide kids through a reopened world; adults should realize that children, too, have felt a loss of control through the pandemic. Read the story.