When it comes to treating heart attacks, U.S. hospitals may have the latest tech and low readmission rates, but the country’s mortality rate is one of the highest among the nations included in a new study. The study, published May 4 in The BMJ, found substantial differences in care for heart attack patients across six high income countries despite international agreement on how heart attacks should be treated.

The Texas Department of State Health Services has named the University of Texas Medical Branch’s League City Campus as an Advanced Level III Trauma Facility.

Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch recently confirmed the presence of neutralizing antibodies to SARS--COV-2 in a common subcutaneous antibody therapy (Hizentra) used to treat immunocompromised or immunodeficient patients, citing its protective benefits to the immunocompromised patient community. The findings were recently published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

Focused on training the next generation of public health workforce and improving the overall health and well-being of residents, the University of Texas Medical Branch is announcing its newly established School of Public and Population Health today.

Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch have developed a quick and affordable model to predict if a COVID-19 patient will get a more severe case of the disease.

People with a specific type of low-risk bladder cancer may be getting additional tests and treatments with little to no medical benefit, a new JAMA article reports.

Scientists at the University of Texas Medical Branch have developed a vaccine showing promising protection against Nipah virus, a zoonotic virus that has a mortality rate as high as 70 percent and that is considered to be a pathogen of pandemic potential. The study was published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

The University of Texas Medical Branch is naming its School of Medicine the John Sealy School of Medicine in honor of the 19th century Texas entrepreneur and philanthropist John Sealy and the foundation that was established decades after his death to continue his legacy of support. Over the past 100 years, The Sealy & Smith Foundation has contributed more than $1 billion to UTMB, one of the largest cumulative contributions in history to an American institution.

In a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Oncology, researchers found evidence that HPV vaccination is reducing the incidence of anal cancer among young adults in the US.

Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch have developed a method to detect regionally emerging COVID-19 variants that could guide treatment and vaccine design.