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Community support key to recovery and healing from mental illness

by Doug Beach August 25, 2022August 25, 2022

Commentary: We need to come together as a community to help people get treatment sooner and provide support during recovery and beyond.

Riti Sharan works as a staff scientist at Texas Biomedical Research Institute.

Where I Work: Texas Biomedical Research Institute

by Riti Sharan February 28, 2022February 26, 2022

People walk by a mural featuring Martin Luther King Jr. on Wednesday.

Let’s rest so we can dream again

by Jordan Maney January 17, 2022January 17, 2022

A new study at UT Health focuses on finding a treatment for patients who are dealing with long term effects of COVID-19.

New UT Health San Antonio study could help treat long COVID

by Dr. Thomas Patterson December 20, 2021December 20, 2021

San Antonio AIDS Foundation Administrative Assistant Shantell Deloach grabs a paper towel from an examination room at the Care Clinic.

We have the tools to end HIV in San Antonio

by Dr. Junda Woo and Dr. Barbara Taylor December 1, 2021December 1, 2021

Texas needs nurses now more than ever

by Linda Battles October 25, 2021October 23, 2021

Attendees of the Voting Rights Vigil sing a hymnn at Friendship Baptise Church Saturday.

Faithful Texans are called to protect their communities. Vaccines and masks do just that.

by Julie Cloud and David Currie September 18, 2021September 17, 2021

Democracy Prep Principal Virginia Boyce visits a fifth-grade classroom on the first day of school.

An open letter to Gov. Abbott regarding face masks in schools

by Chris Ashcraft September 11, 2021September 11, 2021

Mary Garr, president and CEO of Family Service is currently undergoing chemotherapy due to not being able to receive a necessary surgical procedure during the pandemic last year.

‘Our health care systems failed me’: COVID delays cancer diagnosis, treatment

by Mary E. Garr August 18, 2021August 18, 2021

Enrique Orozco, 14, receives the Pfizer vaccine administered by UIW Nursing student Jacob Zuniga.

Rapid spread of delta variant makes getting vaccinated more important than ever

by Dr. Junda Woo August 11, 2021August 11, 2021