The It Takes a Village back-to-school fair, featuring a variety of hair services and free school supplies, is Sunday, August 20, and runs from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Hairstyle sign-ups end at 2 p.m., while haircut sign-ups end at 2:30 pm.
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The $2 million grant supports a groundbreaking study aimed at addressing firearm injury and violence among adolescents and young adults.
A clinic specifically designed to educate, manage and treat patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease means fewer emergency room visits for patients, according to a new study.
Dr. Joseph Gosnell, chief resident physician of pathology at The University of Texas Medical Branch, is an official 2023 Emerging Liver Scholar Award winner.
Apart from its erratic effects on humans, forecasting West Nile virus outbreaks remain a challenge. Dr. Scott Weaver, a leading medical entomologist and virologist at The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, said the virus is “very widespread, still zoonotic...[and although] it's transmitted more efficiently by Culex mosquitoes when it's hot, it does well both in drought and rainy conditions.”
Health officials, city council members, police officers and trauma doctors gathered Thursday at a Houston City Council meeting to discuss how to prevent both intentional and accidental shootings. “As a pediatric surgeon, I’m tired of seeing these children come in every day to the ER. I’m tired of holding them as they die and as they suffer," said Dr. Bindi Naik-Mathuria with The University of Texas Medical Branch.
Exposure to Agent Orange is linked to a slightly increased risk of bladder cancer according to a study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association by researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch.
The University of Texas System Board of Regents appointed Jochen Reiser, MD, PhD, as the next president of The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.
Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch recently compared the two treatments for acute stroke and found that one type of treatment has a lower mortality rate.
About The University of Texas Medical Branch
The first academic health center in Texas opened its doors in 1891 and today has four campuses, five health sciences schools, seven institutes for advanced study, a research enterprise that includes one of only two national laboratories dedicated to the safe study of infectious threats to human health, a Level 1 Trauma Center and a health system offering a full range of primary and specialized medical services throughout the Texas Gulf Coast region. UTMB is an institution in The University of Texas System and a member of the Texas Medical Center.