KSAT 12: Are San Antonio hospitals still using malaria drug for COVID-19?

July 29, 2020

Dr. Mohamed Hagahmed, Emergency Medicine, is quoted in this KSAT 12 story about the use of hydroxychloroquine in hospitals. Dr. Hagahmed has co-authored a journal article about hydroxychloroquine and says data shows that it does not benefit patients. Read and watch the story.


News Radio 1200 WOAI: COVID-19 hospitalizations

July 28, 2020

Dr. Jan Patterson, Infectious Diseases, represents the Texas Medical Association’s COVID-19 Task Force in an interview about COVID-19 hospitalizations, that have been steadily dropping here and in other parts of the state. Link not available.



Iraq war, pandemic both show need for improved airway devices

July 17, 2020

Responding to what he observed in Iraq and is now seeing in coronavirus patients, UT Health San Antonio’s Robert De Lorenzo, MD, is leading a team of researchers in developing a superior breathing tube and an improved suction device to clear airways.