“The challenges for most folks about eating more veggies is prep time, planning, and convenience,” Dr. Victor S. Sierpina writes in his latest column. Sierpina shares tips, and his personal secret, to get more vegetables into your diet.

Drs. Megan Berman and Richard Rupp breakdown what vaccines to get this fall. The big three are Covid, RSV and flu vaccines.

Twenty-five years after measles was eliminated in the U.S., the disease is making a comeback. “The reason is quite simple,” write Drs. Norbert Herzog and David Niesel. “A decrease in vaccination rates.”

The Daily News reports on UTMB’s announcement of new leadership appointments in the John Sealy School of Medicine. Dr. Antonio Bianco was named senior vice president of health affairs and dean of JSSOM. Dr. Tom Blackwell was appointed vice dean of Graduate Medical Education and Clinical Affairs. The Daily News also reported that Dr. Vicente Resto is now senior vice president and chief operating officer of the Faculty Group Practice.

UTMB launched its inaugural Doctor of Occupational Therapy class at the University of Texas Education and Research Center at Laredo in Laredo on Thursday, reports the Daily News. The program is the first hybrid occupational therapy program offered by a public university in Texas.

“Hesitancy remains high, and people think they can deal with Covid now without it,” Dr. Janak Patel tells The New York Times. “But as you can tell, we have big waves, and we still have admissions and deaths.” The Times reported on FDA’s approval of new covid vaccines with new, tighter restrictions on who can get the shots. This news also reported in U.S. News & World Report, El Diario and Drugs.com, among others.

UTMB’s Dr. Michael Eagon spoke to Becker’s about recent initiatives that “have made significant contributions to value-driven healthcare.” “Collectively, these initiatives have strengthened our alignment with value-based care goals and improved the patient experience across the continuum,” Eagon told Becker’s.