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UT Physicians, the clinical practice of McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, is beginning the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine to at-risk patient groups by invitation only following state and federal guidance. Based upon the number of available doses, UT Physicians sending invitations via email and text messaging to patients. If patients do not have an email address […]
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) has received Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine and is in the process of inoculating its front-line workers. Members of the UTHealth community have started to receive the first dose of the vaccine, based on guidance from federal and state agencies. The university has the ability to vaccinate […]
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has brought about a “new normal” for people around the world. With travel restrictions and communities closing down, people are having to adjust to a new lifestyle, often using technology to ease that transition. Face-to-face meetings at businesses have become videoconferences through software such as Cisco Webex and Zoom, and students, […]
While the move to an online learning format requires distancing of students and faculty, in one McGovern Medical School course, it is allowing an up-close perspective from an important point of view – the author in discussion. Humanistic Elements of Medicine is a fourth-year elective offered by the McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics. The […]
The Medical Art Wall Committee is currently accepting COVID-19 pandemic submissions to be featured on the McGovern Medical School Art Wall. The pandemic art exhibit will recognize the creative efforts of staff, faculty, students, and physicians-in-training in an unusual time. In a year that has seen challenges ranging from the pandemic to racial injustice, the […]
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January 13, 2021
Source: News Medical Life Sciences
Even Mild Cases of COVID Can Leave 'Long-Haul' Illness, Study Shows
January 11, 2021
Source: HealthDay
In Absence of Data, Pregnant Women Push Forward With COVID-19 Vaccine
January 4, 2021
Source: U.S. News & World Report
Group of Houston’s Black leaders get vaccinated publicly to promote trust in at-risk communities
December 30, 2020
Source: Houston Chronicle
The Biggest Things We’ve Learned About COVID — and What We Still Don’t Know
December 18, 2020
Source: The Paper Gown
300,000 Texas care home residents and staff among first wave of vaccine recipients
December 22, 2020
Source: Houston Chronicel
