WWII pilot's gentle spirit beat bigotry
December 10, 2007
Houston Chronicle, Dec. 9, 2007 After a stint as a fighter pilot, Hermann A. Barnett III returned home to become the first black graduate from a... more »
Kudos to the fine physicians on the island
December 10, 2007
Galveston County Daily News, Dec. 10, 2007 Christopher Fredrickson of Galveston praises the 19 UTMB physicians who were named to Texas Monthly's list... more »
Rumors raise fears about BOI birthrates
December 10, 2007
Galveston County Daily News, Dec. 8, 2007 When rumors began spreading that UTMB was getting out of the baby-delivering business, posing an imminent... more »
San Luis salute proceeds presented to UTMB
December 10, 2007
Galveston County Daily News, Dec. 10, 2007 Drs. David Callender, Steve Viegas, Garland Anderson and Ron Lindsey accepted a $100,000 check for the firs... more »
UTMB considers plan to cut cancer care for immigrants
December 10, 2007
Texas Health Flash, Dec. 10, 2007 UTMB's Cancer Patients Acceptance Committee is considering restricting uncompensated cancer services to only those... more »
Study shows how chikungunya virus spread so far
December 10, 2007
Reuters (UK), Dec. 7, 2007 A new virus called the chikungunya virus, which causes painful and sometimes crippling symptoms, has spread to several new... more »
Aerosol launches immune response in lungs to wipe out lethal infections
December 10, 2007
Science Daily, Dec. 10, 2007 A purified extract prepared from a common microbe and delivered to the lungs of laboratory mice in a spray set off a... more »
Don't want to pay for illegals' care? Tell it to a sick kid
December 7, 2007
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Dec. 7, 2007 UTMB has become the latest flashpoint in the debate about whether charity care for chronic diseases should be... more »
Mosquito mutation launched epidemic
December 7, 2007
Galveston County Daily News, Dec. 7, 2007 UTMB researchers say they have discovered the key to how a mysterious mosquito-borne viral outbreak swept... more »
Study of African traditional medicine will begin world-first clinical trial
December 7, 2007
Science Daily, Dec. 7, 2007 Researchers from UTMB are among a number of scientists who will take part in the International Center for Indigenous... more »