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A science-based program at the University Hospital NICU is teaching parents sensory activities that can stimulate healing in their babies. A San Antonio mom said the program saved her son's life.

San Antonio police are searching for a suspect after a man was stabbed multiple times at an apartment late Thursday night, according to San Antonio police.

University Health Transplant Institute now leads the nation in living donor kidney transplants for children.

This year has been extreme when it comes to the spread of viruses like the flu, RSV and COVID. These illnesses are hitting kids especially hard. Among the many symptoms of a viral infection is a rash.

A woman was shot during an argument between four people on the West Side on Friday morning.

According to Boerne police, Sharon Gibbs dropped off her husband at a restaurant and parked across Main Street. She was attempting to cross the five-lane road when she was struck just before 9 p.m.

A driver is in the hospital after he became pinned to his car by a tow truck early Wednesday morning, according to San Antonio police.

The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a man was shot outside a far West Bexar County home early Wednesday morning.

Two people were taken to an area hospital following a 2-vehicle crash on the city’s South Side on Sunday afternoon, according to San Antonio police.

Kendall Lauren Batchelor, 23, is accused of driving the wrong way down State Highway 46 while intoxicated, resulting in a fatal collision.

The update on Cantu's condition comes days after former SAPD officer James Brennand was indicted by a grand jury for attempted murder.

Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales will give an update on the former officer's indictment Thursday afternoon.

San Antonio police are investigating after a woman was shot on the city’s Northwest Side early Thursday morning.

A man has been arrested for fatally shooting his girlfriend on Thanksgiving night at a home in West Bexar County, according to jail records.

Two people were taken to University Hospital Thursday morning after a tractor-trailer crashed in the northbound lanes of I-10 near Culebra Road.

San Antonio police say a woman shot a man after a 2-vehicle crash turned into an altercation on the city’s far West Side early Thursday morning.

A man in his 20s was taken to an area hospital after being found stabbed in the back late Wednesday night, according to San Antonio police.

A female driver is dead following a head-on crash on Loop 410 early Wednesday morning, according to San Antonio police.

A historic building on University Health's Robert B. Green campus was closed after a record-setting 5.3 magnitude earthquake exacerbated existing issues.

Federal authorities have announced a $50,000 reward for information in the 2021 shooting death of Army Staff Sgt. Jessica Ann Mitchell.

Although off life support, he still receives high-flow oxygen via a tracheostomy to help him breathe.

A 34-year-old mother and her 16-year-old son are hospitalized in critical condition after a shooting at a home north of downtown, according to San Antonio police.

A woman is in the hospital in critical condition after she was hit by a car early Friday morning, according to San Antonio police.

A woman is in the hospital after she was ejected from her vehicle following a crash on the city’s far North Side early Thursday morning, San Antonio police said.

San Antonio police are searching for suspects after a man was stabbed outside a bar early Thursday morning.

San Antonio police are investigating after a woman was shot in the head while driving on the city’s Northwest Side early Monday morning.

Police accountability was at the forefront of two of the Current's most-read stories this week.

The rookie cop initially said he was struck by the suspect's vehicle, but newly released body-cam footage suggests otherwise.

San Antonio police are investigating after a man was stabbed behind a hotel on the city’s West Side early Friday morning.

A suspect was arrested in connection with a fatal shooting where one man was found dead inside an apartment on the West Side.

A man in his 20′s was taken to an area hospital after being shot on the city’s West Side early Tuesday morning, according to San Antonio police.

One man is in the hospital and another is on the run after an altercation turned into a stabbing at a West Side apartment early Friday morning, according to San Antonio police.

The posterior-punctured man was transported to University Hospital and is reported to be in stable condition.

A man in his 20s is hospitalized after being struck in a hit-and-run crash on the city’s Northwest Side early Wednesday morning, San Antonio police said.

A teenage robbery suspect who was fatally shot on the West Side has been identified by the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office.

The last Quintana Road tractor-trailer incident survivor who was being treated at University Hospital for nearly two months was released Friday, according to officials.

An 18-year-old standing in his backyard was wounded in a shooting late Tuesday night, according to San Antonio police.

The primary COVID-19 strain right now is BA.5, an Omicron subvariant present in 88% of current cases -- the most infectious strain yet. KSAT viewers sent in questions asking about how soon you can be reinfected with COVID-19.

A man in his 40s was taken to an area hospital after being shot on the city’s West Side early Thursday morning, according to San Antonio police.

A man in his 50s was taken to an area hospital after being stabbed during an altercation late Monday night, according to San Antonio police.

Mayah Zamora, the last survivor of the Uvalde shooting in the hospital, finally got to walk out Friday afternoon.

A 10-year-old girl who survived the unthinkable when a gunman opened fire inside of Robb Elementary School just over two months ago has been released from University Hospital in San Antonio.

San Antonio police and Crime Stoppers are searching for the man who shot and killed 20-year-old Isaac Jesus Orosco on the West Side six years ago.

A driver and two passengers had to be cut from their vehicle by firefighters following a rollover crash on the city’s North Side early Thursday morning, San Antonio police said.

San Antonio police are investigating after a man in his 20s was shot just north of downtown early Thursday morning.

San Antonio police are investigating after a man was shot during an attempted carjacking on the city’s West Side early Tuesday morning.

One of the planned hospitals is earmarked for a site near the Retama Park Racetrack in nearby Selma. The other would be built next to the Texas A&M University-San Antonio campus on the city’s South Side.

A 34-year-old man who was struck while walking in a parking lot on the West Side has died from his injuries.

Myra L. Buchanan Myra Lynn Creech Buchanan, 80, of Leakey died on July 1, 2022, at University Hospital in San Antonio. The family is planning a memorial service for sometime this fall, to take place in Leakey. She was born on July 23, 1941, in Uvalde to Marilyn (Brodie) and Cecil “Jack” Creech. She is

Country music star Kevin Fowler visited Uvalde school shooting victim Mayah Zamora at the University Children’s Hospital in San Antonio Tuesday.

Three people were shot inside an apartment on the city’s West Side early Tuesday morning, according to San Antonio police.

San Antonio police are investigating a drive-by shooting on the city’s South Side early Thursday morning.

A 10-year-old girl wounded at Robb Elementary School is still being treated at University Hospital, but her condition has been upgraded to "good."

Her injuries have prevented her from speaking to law enforcement.

He was 29 years old.

At University Hospital, a 23-year-old survivor made great progress on Tuesday.

County Judge Nelson Wolff, County Precinct 1 Commissioner Rebeca Clay-Flores and University Health CEO George Hernandez will brief the public about how the county is responding to this tragedy.

More immigrants found in the truck have died this morning.

San Antonio police are investigating after a man was shot in the foot outside a Northwest Side apartment complex early Tuesday morning.

One man was killed and three others were wounded in a parking lot shooting early Sunday on the city’s North Side.

San Antonio police are investigating after a man was shot on the city’s West Side late Friday night.

San Antonio police are investigating after a man was shot in the parking lot of a West Side apartment complex early Thursday morning.

Next week, 10-year-old Ryland Ward will enter University Hospital for his 31st surgery after being shot five times during the 2017 Sutherland Springs First Baptist Church massacre that killed 26 people.

A male driver was taken to an area hospital following a vehicle crash into a highway guardrail early Tuesday morning, the San Antonio Police Department said.

'Instead of trying to apply pressure, he’s pulling him out and he’s still trying to search him,' a witness from the neighborhood said.

Six victims remain in local hospitals, including the gunman's grandmother.

A Texas hospital's director of pediatric trauma said it was challenging speaking to parents of children shot in Uvalde.

The suspect appeared to be acting alone, and he was shot and killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent who was on duty nearby.

San Antonians are being asked to help our Uvalde neighbors.

Dean Keith Hawkes, 74, of Floresville, formerly of Uvalde and Knippa, died on Dec. 29, 2021, at University Hospital in San Antonio after a prolonged illness. There will be a funeral service on April 2 at 2 p.m. at Montell Methodist Church, and a reception will follow at the Montell Country Club. Per his wishes, attendees should dress casually. A […]

James Dugan has been missing since he told his family he was meeting a woman in Newark on Jan. 27, 2022.

The deputy was working with a special unit near the border.

Hospitals are filling up with COVID-positive patients, leading local health officials to urge those with mild cases to avoid emergency rooms.

The victim suffered possibly life-threatening injuries.

The designation means babies born at the hospital spend more time at their mother’s bedside and specialists help with breastfeeding basics.

The driver was racing his 1990 Ford Mustang and began to lose control halfway down the track on an airport runway.

University Health announced Thursday it will halt all non-urgent surgeries indefinitely, as the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise.

The COVID-19 positivity rate in Bexar County increased to 17%, prompting some local leaders to reinstate pandemic-era restrictions.

Interfaith services and roses are used to celebrate people for their work during the pandemic.

A worker prepares materials for vaccination at University Hospital's COVID-19 vaccine clinic at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., December 15, 2020. Rutgers University will require students returning to campus this fall to prove they've been vaccinated against Covid-19, becoming one of the first institutions in the U.S. to mandate the immunizations. Rutgers President Jonathan Holloway announced the change Thursday, saying in a statement the university plans to update its immunization requirements for students on campus to include the Covid-19 vaccine. At the moment, the University of Michigan doesn't have plans to require the shots among returning students this fall, she said. Universities require other vaccines for students living on campus, such as meningitis, hepatitis and measles, which could likely extend to Covid-19, experts say.

Dr. Shereef Elnahal, president and CEO of University Hospital in Newark, New Jersey, told CNBC on Monday that a majority of people in the nearby community want to receive the Covid vaccine, a shift from earlier in the rollout. "We had only about 40% of the city of Newark and the surrounding region ready and willing to take the vaccine when it arrived. Elnahal's comments come as the Covid vaccine rollout in the U.S. accelerates. Overall, a total of more than 90 million Covid doses have been given. According to a Pew Research Center poll from earlier this month, 69% plan to get a Covid vaccine or have already received it.

San Antonio hospitals have treated patients for an array of weather-related injuries this week as freezing temperatures seized the city. One man died on Feb. 12 of hypothermia, according to University Health chair of emergency medicine Dr. Ralph Riviello. Both University Health and Baptist Health officials reported treating patients for frostbite. By far, the most common weather-related injuries Baptist Health hospitals dealt with this week were falls on icy surfaces. While University Health maintained power throughout the crisis, Riviello's own home lost power intermittently Tuesday and Wednesday.

San Antonio police are investigating the death of an Army drill sergeant found shot in a stalled vehicle on New Year's Day. Staff Sergeant Jessica Mitchell, assigned to Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, was pronounced dead at 3 a.m. Friday. On Friday, police spokesperson Lt. Jesse Salame told the Express-News it was too early to know a motive. People with information about Mitchell's death are asked to call SAPD's Homicide Unit at 210-207-7635. "We are focused on supporting Drill Sergeant Mitchell’s family as well as her soldiers during this extremely difficult time."

FDA gives Pfizer coronavirus vaccine emergency use authorization The FDA has authorized Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine for emergency use. Dr. Shereef Elnahal, president and CEO of University Hospital in Newark, New Jersey, joined CBSN with the latest on this achievement in fighting the pandemic.

Health care workers at University Hospital in Newark, New Jersey, are practicing how to distribute the coronavirus vaccine once the shipments from Pfizer arrive. Under Operation Warp Speed, University Hospital is one of about 250 sites across the country testing logistics and distribution with setups like this. At this site once they start, they will have the ability to vaccinate more than 3,000 people per week. In the coming weeks, there will be mega sites in New Jersey using expanded versions of the model from University Hospital. They will include colleges and vacant department stores with the capability to vaccinate up to tens of thousands of people a week.

Margaret Keenan, 90, is the first patient in the United Kingdom to receive the Pfizer/BioNtech covid-19 vaccine at University Hospital, Coventry. Ninety-year-old Margaret Keenan made history as the world's first person to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine outside of trial conditions. The vaccine was approved by the U.K. drug regulator last week. Croydon University Hospital in London was one of the first hospitals to receive batches of the vaccine this weekend. As it's a two-dose vaccine, the country has bought enough doses to vaccinate 20 million people.

A 49-year-old woman was killed Wednesday night while attempting to cross a North Side road, San Antonio police said. Officers were called to the 6400 block of Blanco Road around 7:30 p.m. after the victim — later identified as Thanalakshmi Subramaniam — was hit by a Lincoln MKX. FIND OUT FIRST: Get San Antonio breaking news directly to your inboxPolice said the victim was not in a crosswalk and failed to yield to the right of way to traffic. There are no criminal charges pending for the driver, police said. Taylor Pettaway is a breaking news and general assignment reporter for MySA.com | taylor.pettaway@express-news.net | @TaylorPettaway

A man fatally shot at a Northwest Side apartment complex has been identified by the Bexar County Medical Examiner's Office. Darren Wynn Baker, 31, was shot multiple times in the torso at about 8:45 p.m. Saturday in the 2100 block of Bandera Road, San Antonio police said. Police said multiple shell casings were found near the scene, and that projectiles hit several parked cars as well as the apartment building. No witnesses were immediately found, police said, and a suspect had not been identified as of Tuesday evening. Jacob Beltran is a reporter covering San Antonio and Bexar County.

click to enlarge ShutterstockA 12-year old boy died on the West Side Friday after he accidentally shot himself in the head, MySA reports According to San Antonio police, Cojuan Singleton suffered a bullet wound at around 6:30 p.m. at the Vista Meadows apartments, located at 1100 Callaghan Road.The police report states that Singleton picked up an adult relative's gun seconds after the relative had put it down, according to MySA. The relative, who owned the pistol, told police that he was cleaning the weapon.Singleton was taken to University Hospital, where he later died.Police told MySA that no charges had been filed as of Monday and that the case is still under investigation.

A 40-year-old man is accused of causing head trauma to his five-month-old after swinging a car seat while the child was unbuckled, according to an arrest affidavit. According to the affidavit, the child's mother was arguing with Terrazas and placed the child's car set on the couch and unbuckled the baby without taking him out. Terrazas then allegedly grabbed the car seat and swung it, causing the baby to fly out and hit the floor face first, the affidavit said. The woman told police Terrazas knew the baby wasn't restrained in the car seat. Instead of checking on the child, Terrazas went into the kitchen grabbed a beer and threaten to kill the woman and her children, the affidavit said.

Emergency technicians transported the victim to University Hospital in critical condition. The driver of the silver SUV, when found, will be charged with failure to stop and render aid, police said. The man was transported to University Hospital, where was listed in critical but stable condition. A 41-year-old man wearing dark clothes was walking in the right lane when a Honda minivan collided with him. He was transported to University Hospital in life-threatening condition.

(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday reported 1,219,066 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 25,253 cases from its previous count, and said that the number of deaths had risen by 2,495 to 73,297. The CDC reported its tally of cases of the respiratory illness known as COVID-19, caused by the new coronavirus, as of 4 p.m. ET on May 6, compared with its count a day earlier. (bit.ly/2WfXuu1)The CDC figures do not necessarily reflect cases reported by individual states.

SAPD: Elderly man hit and killed while walking on Bandera RoadA 70-year-old man died after he was hit by a car near a West Side Walgreens, according to San Antonio police. A 70-year-old man died after he was hit by a car near a West Side Walgreens, according to San Antonio police. Photo: Ken Branca Photo: Ken Branca Image 1 of / 11 Caption Close SAPD: Elderly man hit and killed while walking on Bandera Road 1 / 11 Back to GalleryA 70-year-old man died after he was hit by a car near a West Side Walgreens, according to San Antonio police. The man was identified as George Escamilla, who was walking in the road about 100 yards away from a crosswalk near the 1500 block of Bandera Road at around 9:30 p.m., when he was hit by a Dodge Grand Caravan, police said. FIND OUT FIRST: Get San Antonio breaking news directly to your inboxThe driver told police he didn't see Escamilla walking in the road.

One dead, one hospitalized in suspected drunken driving crash on North SideOne person is dead and a second hospitalized after a drunk driver caused a single vehicle crash Tuesday night on the North Side. One person is dead and a second hospitalized after a drunk driver caused a single vehicle crash Tuesday night on the North Side. Photo: Google Maps Photo: Google Maps Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close One dead, one hospitalized in suspected drunken driving crash on North Side 1 / 1 Back to GalleryOne person is dead and a second was hospitalized after San Antonio police say a drunken driver caused a single vehicle crash Tuesday on the North Side. The unidentified suspect was driving his 2004 black Dodge Durango on the eastbound lanes of North Loop 1604, near the Vance Jackson overpass, at around 7 p.m. when he crashed, police said. The driver was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving and was charged with intoxication manslaughter and intoxication assault.

City reports second COVID-19-related death in San AntonioThis handout illustration image obtained recently courtesy of the National Institutes of Health shows a transmission electron microscopic image that shows SARS-CoV-2also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes the disease COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the US, emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. less This handout illustration image obtained recently courtesy of the National Institutes of Health shows a transmission electron microscopic image that shows SARS-CoV-2also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that ... more Photo: HANDOUT / National Institutes Of Health / AFP Via Getty Images Photo: HANDOUT / National Institutes Of Health / AFP Via Getty Images Image 1 of / 82 Caption Close City reports second COVID-19-related death in San Antonio 1 / 82 Back to GalleryCity officials reported a second COVID-19-related death on Tuesday. The city's first COVID-19 related death was reported Sunday. The patient, a woman in her 80s, was being treated at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio and had a history of underlying health issues. RELATED: First patient dies in San Antonio due to coronavirusAs of Tuesday, there are 69 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Bexar County, according to city officials.

City reports second COVID-19-related death in San AntonioThis handout illustration image obtained recently courtesy of the National Institutes of Health shows a transmission electron microscopic image that shows SARS-CoV-2also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes the disease COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the US, emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. less This handout illustration image obtained recently courtesy of the National Institutes of Health shows a transmission electron microscopic image that shows SARS-CoV-2also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that ... more Photo: HANDOUT / National Institutes Of Health / AFP Via Getty Images Photo: HANDOUT / National Institutes Of Health / AFP Via Getty Images Image 1 of / 87 Caption Close City reports second COVID-19-related death in San Antonio 1 / 87 Back to GalleryCity officials reported a second COVID-19-related death on Tuesday. The city's first COVID-19 related death was reported Sunday. The patient, a woman in her 80s, was being treated at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio and had a history of underlying health issues. RELATED: First patient dies in San Antonio due to coronavirusAs of Tuesday, there are 69 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Bexar County, according to city officials.

That mandate extends until April 9.Last week, a woman in her 80s with underlying health issues succumbed to the disease in San Antonio. So far, health officials have confirmed 69 local coronavirus cases. From local politics and culture to national news that hits close to home, San Antonio Current has been keeping San Antonio informed for years. Its never been more important to support local news sources. If quality journalism is important to you, please consider a donation to San Antonio Current.

University Health System says San Antonio doctor has contracted coronavirusThis is the new Sky Tower building at University Hospital is one of the projects chronicled in Nelson Wolffs book This is the new Sky Tower building at University Hospital is one of the projects chronicled in Nelson Wolffs book Photo: JOHN DAVENPORT /SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS Photo: JOHN DAVENPORT /SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS Image 1 of / 69 Caption Close University Health System says San Antonio doctor has contracted coronavirus 1 / 69 Back to GalleryA University Health System doctor has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, a spokeswoman said Monday. The case is travel-related but its unclear whether the doctor is one of the three San Antonio cases that already have been announced. Allen said the hospital system just received the test result last night. FIND OUT FIRST: Get San Antonio breaking news directly to your inboxWe are currently tracing potential contacts and putting staff who have been in contact on 14-day quarantine, Allen said. At this point, we have about a dozen hospital staff members quarantined after contact with this physician.News of the doctors illness came after San Antonio health officials announced Sunday that a third San Antonio resident had tested positive for COVID-19.

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SAN ANTONIO One person has been arrested in the shooting death of a man at a West Side home Tuesday morning. The man was found with gunshot wounds after 3 a.m. at a house in the 8000 block of Westshire Drive, according to San Antonio police. Officers said the man was unable to speak when they responded to the shooting. He first told police the man shot himself while playing with a gun, but later said a gunman shot the man and fled, according to preliminary information from SAPD. Another witness told police he was asleep at the time of the shooting and awoke to the victim being moved to the front porch.