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August 30, 2021
Dr. Shawn Varney, Emergency Medicine, South Texas Poison Center, is quoted in this New York Times article about the demand for the drug ivermectin to prevent or treat COVID-19 despite no evidence that it works. Read story
August 30, 2021
Dr. Shawn Varney, Emergency Medicine, South Texas Poison Center, is quoted in this San Antonio Express-News story on the dramatic increase seen in Texans taking the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin to treat COVID-19 and the symptoms people can have from ingesting it. Read story
August 20, 2021
Dr. Barbara Taylor, Infectious Diseases, spoke with the San Antonio Express-News Editorial Board about the heartbreaking reality some patients with COVID-19, who chose not to get vaccinated, are facing now and why some of them made the decision to not get the vaccine at the time. Read story
August 16, 2021
Dr. Ronald Stewart, Surgery, wrote this opinion piece published in the San Antonio Express-News. Read commentary
August 16, 2021
Dr. Ralph Riviello, Emergency Medicine, is quoted in this Fox San Antonio story about capacity levels with COVID-19 patients at area hospitals and other options, rather than an emergency room, for people who are not sure they have COVID-19. Watch story
August 11, 2021
Dr. Jan Patterson, Infectious Diseases, spoke to KSAT 12 viewers about the reports of rare COVID-19 breakthrough deaths in San Antonio. Watch story