- With the COVID-19 vaccine now beginning to circulate throughout the community, questions remain regarding best safety precautions and practices for vaccinated individuals. While the Pfizer vaccine is 95% effective for preventing illness, the possibility of transmission is still not fully understood.
- By: Will Sansom The Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson, is teaming up with the National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®), the American Cancer Society (ACS) and other leading cancer organizations across the country to endorse the resumption of cancer screening and treatment during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
- "Get the vaccine," urges Dr. Jason Bowling, an infectious disease specialist at UT Health San Antonio. Learn more about the new COVID-19 strain, known as the UK variant, and what you can do to protect yourself and those you love. Watch the KENS 5 interview here.
- With February being American Heart Month, Dr. Dawn Hui, a cardiothoracic surgeon with UT Health San Antonio, was interviewed by KSAT 12 to spread awareness on the warning signs of heart disease, how to help prevent it and the American Heart Association’s Don’t Die of Doubt campaign. Read and watch the story.
- By: Joe Feist If you received your second dose of either the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine and experienced a sore arm and perhaps some fever, well, good for you. “That’s typically a good sign,” said Fred Campbell, MD, an internal medicine physician and associate professor of medicine at UT Health San Antonio. “In general, a good local reaction is consistent with the body’s defense against that particular vaccine, which means the development of antibodies.”
- By: Will Sansom Getting COVID-19 vaccines into arms and continuing to mask and social distance is essential as cases associated with U.K., South Africa and Brazil coronavirus variants crop up in the U.S., infectious disease specialists from UT Health San Antonio said Wednesday.
- Wear and tear on your joints is a natural part of aging and can even occur earlier in life due to injury, overuse, obesity or genetics. For more than 32.5 million Americans, this wear and tear eventually results in osteoarthritis and frequently it’s in the knees. Osteoarthritis is a condition where the flexible tissue between joints wears down, causing pain and stiffness.
- Dr. Robert Leverence, chief medical officer for UT Health Physicians, is in this KENS 5 story about the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines in San Antonio and what can be expected as additional doses become available. Read and watch the story.
- In a new paper, researchers from UT Health San Antonio report brain chemistry that may contribute to why drinkers have difficulty paying attention while under the influence. The work is funded by generous support from the Robert J. Kleberg, Jr. and Helen C. Kleberg Foundation and by grants from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and the National Institute of Mental Health. Findings were published Dec. 2 in Nature Communications.
- A total of 88 UT Health San Antonio physicians have been selected as Texas Super Doctors for 2020 by Texas Monthly magazine. The Super Doctors® program identifies top doctors as nominated by their peers and selected through a rigorous multistep process designed to identify health care providers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The Super Doctors® list is published annually by Texas Monthly.
