Newsroom
August 6, 2021
Dr. Robert Leverence, chief medical officer for UT Health Physicians, spoke to KENS 5 viewers in this story about the critical capacity at hospitals across the city with COVID-positive patients, including children, and the importance of getting vaccinated to slow the spread, especially in the face of the delta variant. Watch story
June 17, 2021
In this video, Dr. Owais Durrani, Emergency Medicine resident physician, discusses the threat of the COVID-19 delta variant in Yahoo! Finance. Watch here.
June 10, 2021
Dr. Donald Jenkins, Trauma and Emergency Surgery, is quoted in this KSAT 12 story about the growing demand for blood donations and the impact of a critically low blood supply in San Antonio. Watch the story.
May 19, 2021
Dr. Jessica Solis-McCarthy, Emergency Medicine, is quoted in this KGNS TV (Laredo) story about people who are missing their second COVID-19 dose or choosing to not get it. She believes that transportation, accessibility and fear/concern of side effects could have a lot to do with this. Watch the story.
May 18, 2021
Dr. Han Tony Gao, Emergency Medicine, is quoted in this News 4 story about the Benadryl challenge circulating on social media. Dr. Gao explains that children and teens could have seizures and be hospitalized after ingesting too many pills. Watch the story.
May 12, 2021
Dr. Ralph Riviello, Emergency Medicine, is quoted in this Medscape article and explained the challenges people faced to recharge their medical equipment during the power outages caused by the February 2021 winter storm in Texas. Read the story.