Keeping Kids Healthy: Tips to help children have a fun and safe Halloween
Galveston County Daily NewsOctober 24, 2014
In this week’s Keeping Kids Healthy column, UTMB’s Dr. Sally Robinson writes that, “It’s almost Halloween again. Before... more »
Ebola is in the news, but there are more pressing things to worry about, experts say
Galveston County Daily NewsOctober 24, 2014
Ebola tops the news, but not the charts of scary diseases menacing Galveston County, experts say. Influenza, whooping cough, enterovirus D68, and a fu... more »
Art for All lets kids in hospital create art
Houston ChronicleOctober 24, 2014
Since July, artist Reyna Collura has been visiting UTMB's John Sealy Hospital, through a partnership with UTMB’s Child Life Services, building... more »
Powerful new class of weapons found in the war on cancer
Science DailyOctober 24, 2014
Researchers from UTMB have found that small molecules can represent a new class of anticancer drugs with a novel target for the treatment of lung... more »
Harris County swamped by West Nile cases
Houston ChronicleOctober 24, 2014
So far this year, the number of human cases of West Nile virus in Harris County has exceeded the record set in the 2012 outbreak. "Everything is... more »
Texas hospitals prepare in case Ebola strikes again
Los Angeles TimesOctober 24, 2014
With two Texas nurses diagnosed with Ebola still hospitalized, a newly formed state task force on infectious diseases met Thursday for the first time... more »
The surprising health benefit of alcohol for older adults
Huffington PostOctober 24, 2014
It's no secret that alcohol abuse can cause a variety of health problems, including damage to the liver. However, a new study shows that light... more »
UTMB scientist's Ebola vaccine moves to human trials
Houston ChronicleOctober 24, 2014
An Ebola vaccine, developed by a UTMB scientist and a Canadian collaborator, is moving to human trials more than a decade after it proved 100 percent... more »
If you’re over 60, drink up: alcohol associated with better memory
October 22, 2014
Researchers from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, University of Kentucky, and University of Maryland found that for people 60 and... more »
If you’re over 60, drink up: alcohol associated with better memory
October 22, 2014
Researchers from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, University of Kentucky, and University of Maryland found that for people 60 and... more »