A concerning look in the mirror April 8, 2025 • 12:00 a.m. Scientists are close to bioengineering mirror-image bacterium, write Drs. Norbert Herzog and David Niesel in their weekly Medical Discovery News column. These are bacteria that are not seen in nature and raise many questions about how they would act and react to the world around them. Familiar drinks help detoxify the liver naturally April 4, 2025 • 12:00 a.m. The acidity of lemon juice can stimulate digestive enzymes, which can aid in digestion and nutrient absorption, indirectly supporting liver function, says UTMB’s Dr. Samuel Mathis in this report on liver health. Vascular and Interventional Radiology now offered at UTMB in Angleton April 3, 2025 • 1:52 p.m. Patients at the University of Texas Medical Branch’s Angleton Danbury Campus Hospital can now find efficient, cost-effective and leading-edge minimally invasive care close to home thanks to the introduction of Vascular and Interventional Radiology at ADC. 47 best nursing master’s programs, per Money April 3, 2025 • 11:17 a.m. UTMB’s School of Nursing was listed among the 47 best nursing master’s programs in the U.S. by Money, a personal finance website. Programs were ranked on quality, affordability and value, writes Becker’s. New UTMB Research Collaboration with Veterinarians in Mexico Leads to the Detection of a Likely Newly Recognized Viral Pathogen in Cattle April 3, 2025 • 12:00 a.m. The UTMB One Health Laboratory is working on an ongoing epidemiological study of respiratory viruses on livestock farms across the United States and Mexico, reports Farms.com. The UTMB One Health team is trusted by ranchers and farms and is able to work with them “to provide real-time surveillance of pathogens circulating among livestock and farm workers,” the article states. UTMB Angleton Danbury Campus re-designated as a Level IV Trauma Center April 2, 2025 • 9:01 a.m. The re-designation became official on March 10 and will be valid for three years. Everything you need to know about bird flu April 2, 2025 • 12:00 a.m. Even with vaccines, “we may not be able to put out this fire,” UTMB’s Dr. Gregory Gray tells Ars Technica for this in-depth article on H5N1. Gray says the virus is likely to “be endemic, or we say ‘enzootic,’ for a long time.” With measles on the rise, could rubella be next? April 2, 2025 • 12:00 a.m. With declining vaccination rates in some communities, public health experts worry that rubella could resurface, write Drs. Megan Berman and Richard Rupp in their Vaccine Smarts column. While rubella has been eliminated in the U.S., it could easily be reintroduced. Houston is an ‘allergy capital,’ UTMB allergist offers survival tips April 1, 2025 • 8:11 a.m. by Katherine Adams The blooming season in Houston is long, so those with multiple allergies can suffer all year with drainage, congestion, sinus infections, and sore throats. UTMB allergist Dr. Jennifer McCracken offers tips and guidance on how to cope. Preventing AMR from becoming a Leading Cause of Death April 1, 2025 • 12:00 a.m. In the U.S. there are close to 3 million infections by bacterial antimicrobial resistance resulting in almost 50,000 annual deaths, write Drs. Norbert Herzog and David Niesel in their weekly Medical Discovery News column. The problem is that microbes are increasingly becoming resistant to current antibiotics and if things don’t change, AR microbial infections will become harder to treat. Search Categories Awards & Accolades Education Faculty/Staff News Health Care In The News Innovations News Releases Top News UTMB Research Contact Media Team UTMB Experts
A concerning look in the mirror April 8, 2025 • 12:00 a.m. Scientists are close to bioengineering mirror-image bacterium, write Drs. Norbert Herzog and David Niesel in their weekly Medical Discovery News column. These are bacteria that are not seen in nature and raise many questions about how they would act and react to the world around them.
Familiar drinks help detoxify the liver naturally April 4, 2025 • 12:00 a.m. The acidity of lemon juice can stimulate digestive enzymes, which can aid in digestion and nutrient absorption, indirectly supporting liver function, says UTMB’s Dr. Samuel Mathis in this report on liver health.
Vascular and Interventional Radiology now offered at UTMB in Angleton April 3, 2025 • 1:52 p.m. Patients at the University of Texas Medical Branch’s Angleton Danbury Campus Hospital can now find efficient, cost-effective and leading-edge minimally invasive care close to home thanks to the introduction of Vascular and Interventional Radiology at ADC.
47 best nursing master’s programs, per Money April 3, 2025 • 11:17 a.m. UTMB’s School of Nursing was listed among the 47 best nursing master’s programs in the U.S. by Money, a personal finance website. Programs were ranked on quality, affordability and value, writes Becker’s.
New UTMB Research Collaboration with Veterinarians in Mexico Leads to the Detection of a Likely Newly Recognized Viral Pathogen in Cattle April 3, 2025 • 12:00 a.m. The UTMB One Health Laboratory is working on an ongoing epidemiological study of respiratory viruses on livestock farms across the United States and Mexico, reports Farms.com. The UTMB One Health team is trusted by ranchers and farms and is able to work with them “to provide real-time surveillance of pathogens circulating among livestock and farm workers,” the article states.
UTMB Angleton Danbury Campus re-designated as a Level IV Trauma Center April 2, 2025 • 9:01 a.m. The re-designation became official on March 10 and will be valid for three years.
Everything you need to know about bird flu April 2, 2025 • 12:00 a.m. Even with vaccines, “we may not be able to put out this fire,” UTMB’s Dr. Gregory Gray tells Ars Technica for this in-depth article on H5N1. Gray says the virus is likely to “be endemic, or we say ‘enzootic,’ for a long time.”
With measles on the rise, could rubella be next? April 2, 2025 • 12:00 a.m. With declining vaccination rates in some communities, public health experts worry that rubella could resurface, write Drs. Megan Berman and Richard Rupp in their Vaccine Smarts column. While rubella has been eliminated in the U.S., it could easily be reintroduced.
Houston is an ‘allergy capital,’ UTMB allergist offers survival tips April 1, 2025 • 8:11 a.m. by Katherine Adams The blooming season in Houston is long, so those with multiple allergies can suffer all year with drainage, congestion, sinus infections, and sore throats. UTMB allergist Dr. Jennifer McCracken offers tips and guidance on how to cope.
Preventing AMR from becoming a Leading Cause of Death April 1, 2025 • 12:00 a.m. In the U.S. there are close to 3 million infections by bacterial antimicrobial resistance resulting in almost 50,000 annual deaths, write Drs. Norbert Herzog and David Niesel in their weekly Medical Discovery News column. The problem is that microbes are increasingly becoming resistant to current antibiotics and if things don’t change, AR microbial infections will become harder to treat.