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August 26, 2020
Dr. Barbara Taylor, Infectious Diseases, a member of the Metro Health COVID-19 Health Transition Team, spoke about the updated model used to predict the severity of COVID-19 for September, if current methods of containing the virus by the public are continued. Watch the briefing.
August 26, 2020
Dr. Barbara Taylor, Infectious Diseases, is quoted about the importance of getting a flu shot to avoid the possibility of contracting the flu and the coronavirus in the fall. Dr. Ramon Cancino, Family and Community Medicine, also recommended that everyone who is able should get the flu shot. It was one of four steps he […]
August 26, 2020
Dr. Barbara Taylor, Infectious Diseases, was quoted in the San Antonio Report indicating that you can get COVID-19 and the flu at the same time. Read the story.
August 26, 2020
Dr. Ramon Cancino, a family and community medicine physician, authored a piece for the San Antonio Report addressing the importance of flu shots during the pandemic. Read the commentary.
August 26, 2020
Alan Peterson, PhD, director of the Consortium to Alleviate PTSD (CAP) in the Department of Psychiatry, is quoted in this story about a new study conducted through CAP that shows that a new shortened format of therapy for couples, in which one person is a military member or veteran with military-associated PTSD, is just as […]
August 25, 2020
In the war on cancer and other diseases including COVID-19, old drugs approved for other conditions are being studied for new purposes. It’s a strategy that will now be tested in Alzheimer’s disease with a drug called rapamycin. A $2 million grant will enable a clinical trial in which 40 individuals with mild cognitive impairment […]
