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June 29, 2020
Dr. Claudia Miller, an environmental scientific consultant and professor emeritus in family and community medicine at UT Health San Antonio, believes politics and economics should not outweigh public health in this pandemic. “Health is so critical and this virus is so incredibly contagious, and people are taking it home with them and infecting others,” she […]
June 29, 2020
Dr. Julie Barnett, an assistant professor of physical therapy in the School of Health Professions, stresses the science of caring for individuals who need physical therapy during the pandemic. Read the full story.
June 26, 2020
Dr. Fred Campbell, General and Hospital Medicine, answers listeners’ most pressing questions about the coronavirus. Dr. Campbell discusses how people develop antibodies after a COVID-19 infection, what we can expect public life to look like as cases surge and vaccine development. Read and listen to the Q&A.
June 26, 2020
A new UT Health San Antonio study shows that the majority of children with COVID-19 in 26 countries fared well clinically compared to adults during the first four months of the pandemic. “Our data is compiled from 131 studies and encompasses 7,780 patients who span the pediatric age spectrum,” said study senior author Alvaro Moreira, […]
June 26, 2020
Dr. Ruth Berggren, professor of infectious diseases and director of the Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics, clarifies misconceptions when it comes to COVID-19 testing and transmission. Read and watch the full story.
June 26, 2020
To get a sense of how the virus can behave in children, a team of researchers at UT Health San Antonio compiled an analysis and review of studies from 26 countries that looked at how COVID-19 affects infants, children and teens. EClinicalMedicine, a journal of The Lancet, on June 26 published the results. By understanding which […]