KSAT 12: How parents can prepare children for a drastically new school year

August 4, 2020

Dr. Donna Roybal, a child and adolescent psychiatrist with UT Health San Antonio, shares tips parents can use to prepare children to go back to school. Read and watch the story.

KITV: Growing up in a violent environment is likely to lead to accelerated aging and disease risk, new review of studies shows

August 4, 2020

Amy Garrett, PhD, assistant professor of radiology and psychiatry and director of the neuroimaging core for the Department of Psychiatry, was interviewed as an outside expert to provide context in this story about a new study that suggests experiencing adversity early in life is likely to make children reach puberty more quickly, increase cellular aging […]

Fox 29: Mask up: Trouble Shooters’ experiment shows face masks work

August 4, 2020

Terri Murphy-Sanchez and Cordy Kudika, from the medical laboratory sciences division of the School of Health Professions, used petri dishes to show how face masks help prevent the spread of bacteria. Read and watch the story.

AAMC: Great escapes: Doctors and nurses find respite from pandemic fatigue

August 4, 2020

Jan Patterson, Infectious Diseases, contributed to an item posted by the Association of American Medical Colleges, the AAMC, about escapes that front-line workers are using to cope with COVID-19 stress and find a moment of respite from pandemic fatigue. Read the story.

San Antonio Express-News: Did George Floyd protests add to S.A’s coronavirus spike? Most likely not, experts say. But don’t take chances: Mask up when you march.

August 3, 2020

Dr. Jan Patterson, Infectious Diseases, says in the patients she’s talked to the exposure to COVID-19 infection seems to have come from Memorial Day, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, not from any of the demonstrations. Read the story.

CNN: Growing up in a violent environment is likely to lead to accelerated aging and disease risk, new review of studies shows

August 3, 2020

Amy Garrett, PhD, assistant professor of radiology and psychiatry and director of the neuroimaging core for the Department of Psychiatry, was interviewed as an outside expert to provide context in this story about a new study that suggests experiencing adversity early in life is likely to make children reach puberty more quickly, increase cellular aging […]