Journal of American Veterinary Medical Association, March 1, 2010

The American Association of Veterinary Immunologists presented the Distinguished Veterinary Immunologist Award to UTMB’s D. Mark Estes. Estes is an internationally recognized veterinary immunologist focusing on immunoregulatory mechanisms in infection and cancer. more »

The Huffington Post, February 11, 2010

According to UTMB researchers, mice born to mothers exposed to low doses of bisphenol A were more likely to have an asthmatic response when subjected to a trigger than mice born to mothers not exposed to BPA. The findings appear in the February issue of Environmental Health Perspectives. The... more »

Healthcare Finance News, February 12, 2010

A recent article in Health Affairs disputes the widely held belief that immigrants place a large financial burden on the U.S. healthcare system. “Trends In Health Care Spending For Immigrants In The United States” examined healthcare spending between 1999 and 2006 for both adult... more »

Galveston County Daily News, February 5, 2010

A chemical used to make everything from plastic water bottles and food packaging to sunglasses and CDs could cause pregnant women’s unborn children to develop asthma, according to UTMB researchers. The article quotes Terumi Midoro-Horiuti, lead author of a paper titled “Maternal... more »

MedPage Today, February 3, 2010

Continuing to receive coverage is a study by UTMB researchers that found a small-molecule “broad spectrum” antiviral that will fight a host of viruses by attacking them through some feature common to an entire class of viruses. Studies of agents - including Ebola virus, Nipah virus and... more »

KPRC-TV (Ch. 2, Houston), February 3, 2010

Researchers at UTMB are asking people, especially mothers or soon-to-be mothers, to limit their exposure to a chemical found in thousands of household items. A mother’s exposure to bisphenol A, a chemical used to make everything from plastic water bottles and food packaging to sunglasses and... more »

Mouse experiments implicate common ingredient in plastic water bottles and food packaging   For years, scientists have warned of the possible negative health effects of bisphenol A, a chemical used to make everything from plastic water bottles and food packaging to sunglasses and CDs.... more »

Science Daily, February 2, 2010

Researchers from UTMB have teamed up with three other universities and the U.S. Army to develop and test a broad-spectrum antiviral compound capable of stopping dangerous viruses including Ebola, HIV, hepatitis C, West Nile, Rift Valley fever and yellow fever. The study is published online in the... more »

Cell-culture and animal tests show antiviral could provide protection against HIV, Ebola, hepatitis C, herpes and more The development of antibiotics gave physicians seemingly miraculous weapons against infectious disease. Effective cures for terrible afflictions like pneumonia, syphilis and... more »

Galveston County Daily News, January 29, 2010

Galveston’s biannual Children’s Report Card, officially known as the “Youth Risk Behavior Study 2009,” has just been published by UTMB, which conducts the survey on behalf of Galveston Independent School District. The topics included mental health, nutrition and weight... more »