“I really want to see Texas lead. I think this is ideal for Texas,” said UTMB’s Dr. Jochen Reiser during comments at The Brain House in Davos. Reiser spoke about the interest by state leaders to fund research on brain health.

UTMB researchers identified a potential new treatment for Marburg virus, the Daily News reports. In a study published in Nature Medicine, UTMB’s scientists showed that the oral drug Obeldesivir “was associated with a survival rate of 80 percent” in nonhuman primates. “This is one of those things where you can hopefully really head off or deal with an outbreak, or better control it, if you can give a pill or a tablet that somebody can take,” Dr. Thomas Geisbert tells the Daily News.

UTMB’s Dr. Giulio Taglialatela commented on a study that examined how the time it takes to get to the rapid eye movement stage of sleep is related to Alzheimer’s disease. “While the observation is interesting and deserving further development, the current study is on a limited number of patients, compromising its full statistical power,” Taglialatela told Medical News Today. His comments were also reported in MA Clinique and AOL.

Adding more parks, green space and opportunities to visit nature could provide a number of health benefits, UTMB’s Dr. Kim Gushanas tells Community Impact. “Exposure to sunlight, soil, the colors green and blue ... have been attributed to health outcomes,” she said.

Individuals who take time to regularly play have improved mood, lower stress levels, and improved overall health, writes Dr. Samuel Mathis.