• Teens across San Antonio and South Texas can improve their mental health while helping others through an online program introduced this spring. Project YES (Youth Empowerment & Support) is an innovative approach to helping adolescents address common mental health conditions. The program has been shown to reduce depression and anxiety, decrease hopelessness and boost a sense of control in adolescents ages 11 through 17 by more than 50%. The program is free, available online and participation is anonymous.

  • Viva Fiesta, viva vacuna

    By: Jessica Binkley In an effort to encourage more people to get vaccinated, UT Health San Antonio has partnered with San Antonio Metro Health District to offer COVID-19 vaccines during Fiesta. The Fiesta vaccination events come as part of a larger community outreach initiative to bring the vaccine to areas that need it most.
  • Have you heard about “long COVID?” In this episode of our HealthyU Webcast Series, learn about complications, persistent symptoms, research, diagnosis focus and rehabilitation. Plus, get expert answers to some burning questions about this topic. Dr. Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez runs UT Health San Antonio’s COVID-19 recovery service and hosts this episode of the HealthyU Webcast Series. Watch COVID-19 Fog is Real here.
  • The coronavirus pandemic amplified mental health stressors long experienced by vulnerable Hispanic populations but also fortified members’ coping strategies, according to focus groups of 43 community health workers (CHWs) embedded within these communities. The research is from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and its Center for Research to Advance Community Health (ReACH).
  • Dr. Mandie Svatek was a live guest on KENS 5’s Morning news show where she talked about water safety heading into the summer including the risks associated with drowning and tips for parents when kids are around pools and the importance of taking swim lessons at any age.  Watch the full video on KENS 5 here.
  • UT Health San Antonio is expanding its recently announced partnership with UTSA to include an integrated college health plan for students aligned with current national best practices.
  • Smoking is a leading cause of preventable death and disease, and tobacco can cause a lot of changes in your body. Some of these changes may make it feel hard to quit, but it is not impossible.UT Health Physicians offers resources such as a tobacco cessation program through our primary care practices. This program can help you learn how to give up any kind of tobacco habit through individual counseling and tailored cessation plans. 
  • You can schedule a vaccine appointment with your primary care provider here. The Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson, has partnered with 71 other National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated cancer centers and partner organizations to issue a joint statement today urging the nation’s health care systems, physicians, parents and children, and young adults to get the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination back on track.
  • The way mRNA is used to fight off COVID-19 could help eradicate some of the most terrifying diseases we face today. Dr. Barbara Taylor, an infectious diseases specialist, spoke to Fox San Antonio viewers about how mRNA vaccines work and the potential to use this vaccine platform in the future to protect people against HIV, Ebola and even cancer. Watch the full story.
  • By: Joe Feist The oak pollen count topped 40,000 in San Antonio the weekend of April 10-11. “Oh yeah, people are miserable,” said Edward Brooks, MD, professor of pediatrics and the chief of pediatric immunology and infectious disease at UT Health San Antonio. Worse than that, “all the trees pollinate at the same time, other than mountain cedar, meaning what you see on the news isn’t even counting all of it.”