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December 28, 2020
Dr. Ralph Riviello, Emergency Medicine, contributed to a KENS 5 TV story that was then propagated by MSN regarding the current spike in new cases of COVID-19 due to patients seeking help from hospital emergency rooms, a spike that is surpassing even the typical peaks seasons for the ER. Read the story.
December 26, 2020
Dr. Ralph Riviello, Emergency Medicine, was interviewed for this KENS 5 story about the recent increase in the number of COVID patients that are coming into the emergency room at University Hospital. Read and watch the story.
December 10, 2020
Dr. Fred Campbell, Hospital and General Medicine, spoke to News 4 about the 28,000 initial doses of COVID vaccine arriving in Bexar County next week, all of which would be dedicated to first responders and health care workers in direct contact with patients who are positive or at high risk for COVID-19. Read and watch […]
December 9, 2020
Dr. Ralph Riviello, Emergency Medicine, is quoted in this News 4 story about the dramatic rise in the 7-day average of COVID-19 cases. Read the story.
November 25, 2020
Dr. Lillian Liao, Department of Surgery, discusses the disturbing trend that shows an increase in the number of cases in children that were injured by firearms this year. Read and watch the story.
November 24, 2020
This story was published by the San Antonio Express-News on Nov. 24, 2020. A patient who suffered permanent lung damage from COVID-19 is recovering after receiving a double lung transplant at University Hospital several weeks ago. The surgery in late October was the first of its kind to be performed in San Antonio. Only a […]