Fox 29: UT Health San Antonio designated COVID-19 vaccination hub by State of Texas
January 25, 2021
The news of UT Health San Antonio becoming the city’s latest vaccine hub is shared by Fox San Antonio. Read the story.
San Antonio Report: The COVID-19 vaccine: Most who want it can’t yet get it
January 25, 2021
Dr. Robert Ferrer, Family and Community Medicine, is quoted in this opinion piece by Robert Rivard of the San Antonio Report, saying that the virus is hitting economically distressed communities harder and that he strongly recommends taking the vaccines to protect against it. Read the commentary.
San Antonio Business Journal: SA gains new COVID-19 vaccination hub for city’s sickest
January 25, 2021
Dr. Robert Leverence, chief medical officer for UT Health Physicians, commented to the San Antonio Business Journal regarding the critical importance of our university’s becoming a COVID-19 vaccination hub for the region’s most vulnerable populations. Read the story.
San Antonio Report: State names UT Health San Antonio’s clinical practice city’s latest vaccine hub
January 22, 2021
The news of UT Health San Antonio becoming the city’s latest vaccine hub is shared by the San Antonio Report. Read the story.
Laredo Morning Times: Vaccine rollout issues not unique to Laredo, but city faces extra hurdles to reach herd immunity
January 14, 2021
Dr. Luz Garcini, UT Health San Antonio’s Center for Research to Advance Community Health (ReACH), is quoted in this Laredo Morning Times story regarding vaccine rollout issues not unique to Laredo, but the city faces extra hurdles to reach herd immunity. Dr. Garcini has been surveying community members and health workers in Laredo and throughout […]
San Antonio Express-News: Latinos and other underserved San Antonio groups most impacted by pandemic, but reluctant to take vaccine
January 14, 2021
Dr. Amelie Ramirez, Institute for Health Promotion Research at UT Health San Antonio, and Dr. Luz Garcini, UT Health San Antonio’s Center for Research to Advance Community Health (ReACH), were interviewed for this San Antonio Express-News story about how to reach Latinos and other underserved San Antonio groups who may be reluctant to get the […]