• Rabies is preventable if swift action is taken

    Drs. Megan Berman and Richard Rupp highlight the importance of seeking medical care after a possible rabies exposure in their latest Vaccine Smarts column. Once symptoms emerge it is nearly one hundred percent fatal, yet it is entirely preventable if treated promptly, they write.

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    UTMB Named one of Best Hospitals for Maternity Care

    U.S. News & World Report named the University of Texas Medical Branch a 2025 High Performing Hospital for Maternity Care. The award is the highest a hospital can earn as part of U.S. News’ Best Hospitals for Maternity Care annual study.

  • Spending less, living longer: What the U.S. can learn from Portugal’s innovative health system

    “They take care of people. If you’re poor, you still get health care. And you don’t have to have a job to get health insurance,” UTMB’s Dr. Kyriakos S. Markides tells STAT about Portugal’s health care system. STAT reports that Portugal has a life expectancy nearly four years longer than the U.S. despite spending 20% of what the U.S. does on health care per person.

  • Are mental illnesses transmissible to others?

    Research from a large study in Finland has shown that some mental illnesses may be transmissible among adolescents, write Drs. Norbert Herzog and David Niesel in their weekly Medical Discovery News column.

  • WVSOM graduate is training to provide medical care to space crew

    UTMB aerospace medicine resident Dr. Ethan Stephens was profiled by the West Virginia Daily News. “I knew I wanted to get training in family medicine, but I also had an interest in engineering and spaceflight. I found out about aerospace medicine late in medical school and was able to observe some online lectures about the specialty. I have been hooked ever since,” Stephens said.

  • 'Blue Zones' Under Scrutiny: Are these Longevity Hotspots Just a Myth?

    A recent study has found flaws in the blue zone hypothesis. “I think the paper nicely showed that where we see high levels of supercentenarians, these are also places where we haven't had good reporting on ages,” said UTMB’s Dr. Neil Mehta.

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