• How Houston hospitals are testing for omicron variant

    The first omicron variant case was confirmed Monday in Harris County, Judge Lina Hidalgo said. UTMB is one of the local hospitals performing genome sequencing in positive cases to identify the type of variant.

  • It doesn't matter which booster you get—just get one

    It’s important everyone get vaccinated and boosted, Drs. Meagan Berman and Richard Rupp wrote in their Vaccine Smarts column. Some may wish to be boosted with a different vaccine, but in the end, it’s just important to get whichever is available.

  • ‘Brain-To-Text’ could help those with disabilities to communicate better

    Even when disease or injury prevents a person from speaking, typing or walking, the brain remembers how to do these things. These memories of doing things are called neural processes. The trick is to tap into the neural processes to regain those functions, Drs. Norbert Herzog and David Niesel wrote in their Medical Discovery News column.

  • Hiring full-time clinical staff a steadily growing trend in U.S. nursing homes

    Prior studies have shown that residents who receive care from full-time clinical staff have fewer avoidable hospitalizations and lower Medicare spending. Full-time providers also are better positioned to evaluate and intervene after a change in clinical status. “This has led some nursing homes to hire full-time nurse practitioners and to pay more for medical directors that are more present in the facility,” said researcher Dr. James S. Goodwin of the Sealy Center on Aging, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. “In addition, nursing home residents and their families also prefer providers who are available.”

  • 6 Houston-area inventors named fellows in prestigious program

    The National Academy of Inventors has announced its annual set of NAI Fellows—and six Houstonians made the list of the 164 honorees from 116 research institutions worldwide. One is Pei-Yong Shi, University of Texas Medical Branch professor and John Sealy Distinguished Chair in Innovations in Molecular Biology, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology. He's also the vice chair for Innovation and Commercialization.

  • Medical Bridges names Dacso one of its Global Health Heroes

    Dr. Matt Dacso, director of academic partnerships at the University of Texas Medical Branch Center for Global and Community Health, is one of seven people that Medical Bridges recently named Global Health Heroes.

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    Covid Vaccine and Kids 5+

    Dr. Elizabeth Rodriguez Lien shares what parents need to know about the COVID-19 vaccine and the 5+ population.

  • We get it to help #fightflu/ National Influenza Vaccination Week: December 5-11

    5 Myths About the Flu Vaccine

    This week (Dec. 5-11) is National Influenza Vaccination Week, which is an annual observance to remind everyone six months of age and older to get their annual flu vaccine. We hear many myths about the flu vaccine, and we’re here to bust them.

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