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May 24, 2021
Dr. Melissa Frei-Jones, Pediatrics, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, was interviewed for this article in The New York Times about two young sisters who are living with sickle cell and had strokes that could have been prevented with an annual screening test. Read the story.
May 24, 2021
Dr. Melissa Frei-Jones, Pediatrics, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, was interviewed for this article, which originally appeared in The New York Times, about two young sisters who are living with sickle cell and had strokes that could have been prevented with an annual screening test. Read the story.
May 20, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has interrupted delivery of key health services for children and adolescents, including HPV vaccination for cancer prevention. Contact: Will Sansom, (210) 567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO, May 20, 2021 – The Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson, has partnered with 71 other National Cancer Institute […]
May 18, 2021
Dr. Han Tony Gao, Emergency Medicine, is quoted in this News 4 story about the Benadryl challenge circulating on social media. Dr. Gao explains that children and teens could have seizures and be hospitalized after ingesting too many pills. Watch the story.
May 14, 2021
Dr. Robert Leverence, chief medical officer for UT Health Physicians, was a live guest on News 4 San Antonio’s morning news show, addressing what people should know about the Pfizer COVID vaccine for children ages 12 to 15, the plan UT Health San Antonio has for administering the vaccine and the importance of getting vaccinated […]
May 12, 2021
Dr. Robert Leverence, chief medical officer for UT Health Physicians, spoke to KENS 5 viewers in a story about what people should know about the Pfizer COVID vaccine for children ages 12 to 15 ahead of the final approval. Watch the story.