San Antonio Magazine has released its list of “San Antonio’s Top Doctors for Women” and 33 of the 82 doctors and specialists featured are with UT Health Physicians and the Mays Cancer Center. The list includes the best OB-GYNs and doctors in eight other practice areas specific to the treatment of women., View the full list
In a San Antonio Express-News opinion piece by State Representative, Ray Lopez, he shares his first-hand experience of suffering and recovering from a silent heart attack, which he thought was heartburn. Instead of letting the fear of contracting COVID-19 stop him from getting care, his wife quickly called Cindy Sickora, DNP, RN, a COVID-19 administrator at UT Health San Antonio, who urged him…
Dr. Thomas Patterson, Chief of Infectious Diseases, was interviewed by KENS 5 about the news released by Pfizer that its vaccine candidate may provide as much as 90% protection. Dr. Patterson discussed its effectiveness and reminded viewers that these are early results., Read and watch the story,
Dr. Ruth Berggren, an infectious disease physician with UT Health San Antonio's Long School of Medicine, explains how a COVID vaccine will be implemented and why voting is good for your health. Watch the full story with KSAT News.
By: Will Sansom With Veterans Day, Thanksgiving and the rest of the holidays near there will be a lot of opportunities for South Texans to get together and unwittingly spread COVID-19. Predictive models of expected disease activity agree: How we will fare depends on public behavior. UT Health San Antonio urges everyone to continue mask wearing and handwashing during this critical time. Use hand…, View our We Can Stop the Spread expert video., “We have lower numbers of cases than other areas of the country, but our test positivity rate this past week has jumped from 5.8% to 6.9%,” Dr. Bowling said Tuesday during an appearance on Texas Public Radio. “We are seeing increased numbers of hospitalized patients, and these are the numbers that begin to track upward before we start to see even higher numbers of cases.” On Halloween, candy…
Infectious disease expert Dr. Jason Bowling discusses what the next few months of the COVID crisis will look like as the holidays approach and temperature drops. Listen to find answers to questions like: Will cold weather make people more susceptible to COVID-19? Will we have to cancel holiday plans? Does the U.S. just have a lot of cases because it’s doing more testing than other countries? Is…, Listen to the podcast.
Meet the newest providers joining our primary care team. They are now accepting appointments at locations across San Antonio and the Hill Country. Learn more about primary care at UT Health Physicians.
UT Health San Antonio and Polish scientists reported in the journal Science Advances a new approach for a COVID-19 drug design – blocking a "molecular scissor" that gives the virus the ability to reproduce and attack a person’s immune response. Read the full news release .
After enduring a bout with COVID-19 in July, Rebecca Fenton, DNP, MSN, RN, an assistant professor/clinical in the School of Nursing, knew there was some unfinished business between her and the novel coronavirus. “It’s because of what I do. I’m a nurse, first of all,” said Dr. Fenton. “And I thought to myself, if I was fortunate enough, blessed enough, to have survived this, I know that my plasma…
Dr. Ruth Berggren, an infectious disease physician with UT Health San Antonio’s Long School of Medicine, explains how to avoid risks when doing your civic duty this election year. Watch the full story with KSAT News.