Keeping Kids Healthy - Parents who smoke around kids increase ear infections
Galveston County Daily NewsApril 2, 2014
Keeping Kids Healthy
By Drs. Sally Robinson and Keith Bly
Here is some information on ear infections and smoking in children’s... more »
The Zen of safer driving
Galveston County Daily NewsApril 1, 2014
By Dr. Victor S. Sierpina
Driving a car actually takes a lot of skills. It is a daily example of complex multi-tasking.
Since most of us have... more »
UTMB gets advice from patients on how to run hospital
Galveston County Daily NewsApril 1, 2014
By India Ogazi
So, what if patients ran the hospital? Deborah McGrew, University of Texas Medical Branch Health System vice president an... more »
Medical Discovery News - Putting Your Bacteria to Work
Abilene Reporter-NewsApril 1, 2014
Medical Discovery News
By Drs. David Niesel and Norbert Herzog
A biotech startup company called uBiome has adopted the concept of... more »
Inside UTMB - Urgent care clinic extends weekend hours
Galveston County Daily NewsApril 1, 2014
Urgent care clinic extends weekend hours
After work and on the weekends, people suffer hammered thumbs or wrenched ankles that require immediate... more »
Scant funds, rare outbreaks leave Ebola drug pipeline slim
ReutersMarch 28, 2014
Thomas Geisbert at UTMB is working on a vaccine known as vesicular stomatitis virus-based Ebola vaccine, or VSV, which he said had shown 100 percent e... more »
Locally transmitted chikungunya fever expected to arrive in U.S. soon — Texas likely breakthrough locale
BioNews TexasMarch 28, 2014
U.S. medical authorities are girding up for the arrival of the nation’s first recorded locally acquired cases of Chikungunya fever. UTMB... more »
Bolivar Ferry resumes 24/7 operations following oil spill
KTRK-TV (Ch. 13, Houston)March 28, 2014
The Bolivar Ferry has resumed around the clock service today following the oil spill over the weekend. As crews work on the cleanup, local fishermen... more »
Researchers identify good bacteria that protects against HIV
March 27, 2014
GALVESTON, Texas – Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston by growing vaginal skin cells outside the body... more »
Researchers identify good bacteria that protects against HIV
March 27, 2014
GALVESTON, Texas – Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston by growing vaginal skin cells outside the body... more »