• UTMB and Aetna reunite four years after pricing spat led medical branch to end contract

    “UTMB is pleased to welcome back patients who were unable to receive care from our physicians and facilities due to out-of-network status. We value Aetna as a health insurance partner dedicated to serving our communities,” UTMB’s Kent Pickering says in this story about UTMB once again accepting Aetna insurance.

  • Explainer: How bird flu has sent US eggs prices skyrocketing

    "It sure seems to me that we're going to have to start using vaccines if we want to start putting this fire out," UTMB’s Dr. Gregory Gray tells Reuters for a story on how the spread of the avian flu is affecting egg prices. Egg farmers are urging the USDA to approve the use of a vaccine to protect laying hens from the virus. This news was shared by outlets across the nation and internationally.

  • Bird flu outbreak tests new U.S. agriculture secretary as Texas farmers remain on edge

    Bird flu continues to spread and farmers in Texas are worried, the Chronicle reports. So far, human cases have only involved workers in the poultry industry but that could change. "The concern is the virus might become highly transmissible among humans, with high morbidity and mortality rates," Dr. Gregory Gray tells the Chronicle. Similar stories ran in outlets across the country and internationally.

  • Measles outbreak a consequence of low vaccination rates

    “As history has shown, when vaccination rates drop, diseases return,” write Drs. Megan Berman and Richard Rupp. Texas is seeing the consequences of declining vaccination rates as measles is spreading to children and adults in Gaines County.

  • Plant-based diets yield great health benefits

    Dr. Hasan Yasin looks into the health benefits of a whole food, plant-based diet. “While transitioning to a WFPB diet may require some adjustment, the evidence is clear, embracing a diet rich in whole plant foods can lead to significant health benefits,” Yasin writes.

  • New synthetic blood could help with supply demands

    New research has revealed a blood substitute that would alleviate blood shortages, write Drs. Norbert Herzog and David Niesel in their latest Medical Discovery News column.

  • Some people didn’t know they had a bird flu infection, study of veterinarians suggests

    A new study shows that bird flu has silently spread from animals to some veterinarians, the AP reports. “This means that people are being infected, likely due to their occupational exposures, and not developing signs of illness and therefore not seeking medical care,” UTMB’s Dr. Gregory Gray said. This news was picked up by news outlets across the nation and internationally.

  • After delay, CDC releases data signaling bird flu spread undetected in cows and people

    "If the circulating H5 viruses become more transmissible between humans, we are not going to be able to control transmission as the viruses will spread rapidly and often subclinically," says Dr. Gregory Gray. The first study on the H5N1 bird flu outbreak from the CDC to make it to publication under the Trump administration came out on Thursday, NPR reports.

  • Caring for flowering plants helps with stress, health

    There are health benefits in “stopping to smell the roses,” writes Dr. Samuel Mathis. A recent study found that individuals who sat in a garden landscape and smelled the plants had lower heart rates and improved autonomic nervous system responses to stressful stimuli, he writes.

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