• Reasons to let your hair go natural

    There is now abundant scientific evidence that hair straighteners and other hair products marketed to Black women and girls contain endocrine-disrupting substances that can lead to early onset of menstruation and the development of many issues later in life, write Drs. Norbert Herzog and David Niesel in their weekly Medical Discovery News column.

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    HEC awarded full accreditation from simulation in healthcare society

    The Health Education Center at the University of Texas Medical Branch has been awarded full accreditation from the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. Widely recognized as the gold standard in health care simulation, the accreditation acknowledges UTMB's exceptional performance in this vital aspect of healthcare education and training.

  • UTMB Health Moody Brain Health Institute

    The Moody Foundation and the Moody Medical Research Institute contribute $25 million to UTMB’s Brain Health Institute

    The University of Texas Medical Branch has received a transformative $25 million gift from the Moody Foundation and its affiliated organization, the Moody Medical Research Institute, which will significantly advance the work of its Brain Health Institute. In recognition of this generous contribution, the Institute will be renamed the Moody Brain Health Institute at UTMB.

  • Moody Foundation gifts $25M to UTMB for study of neuroscience

    UTMB received a transformative $25 million gift from the Moody Foundation and its affiliated organization, the Moody Medical Research Institute, which will significantly advance the work of its Brain Health Institute. In recognition of this generous contribution, the Institute will be renamed the Moody Brain Health Institute at UTMB.

  • As Bird Flu Spreads, Additional Human Infection Is Reported in Missouri

    The possibility that one human could infect another with bird flu would be “pretty huge,” Dr. Gregory Gray tells the New York Times. “Some limited human-to human transmission is in the pathway to full-on high human-to-human transmission, and so it is concerning,” he said.

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