HEALTHCARE

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is asking for the public’s input to name its multi-specialty and research hospital that is under construction in the Medical Center.

The COVID 19 pandemic revealed a lot about our health care system, including the deep inequities in minority communities. That's why a new nonprofit is educating organizations that the community trusts.

The Bexar County Commissioners Court passed a resolution Tuesday aimed at limiting local enforcement of the state’s anti-abortion laws.

Greg Abbott’s re-election as Texas governor marks a victory for the San Antonio Coalition for Life, but abortion rights advocates aren’t sharing the same sentiment.

A San Antonio woman living with ALS is hoping to shed light on the disease and healthcare disparities she and others face.

San Antonio veterans and activists held a rally at VFW 67 downtown to pressure senators to pass the PACT Act, after nearly 25 Republicans blocked the bill on Thursday.

Methodist Plaza II will be a three-floor facility with more than 73,000 square feet of space.

May 6-12 is National Nurses Week

Local healthcare systems are battling another COVID surge while simultaneously dealing with shortages with their permanent staff, forcing them to rely on outside help.

The officials also said they expect hospitals to reach capacity quickly as COVID-19 patient admissions increase rapidly.

A U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report showed employment in healthcare is projected to grow 16 percent from 2020 to 2030, adding about 2.6 million new jobs.

Healthcare worker shortages and lack of resources were already issues for rural communities before the pandemic and when it hit, those barriers were exacerbated. That's why national funding has created a virtual program aimed to help those providers.

As hospitals fill up with more COVID-19 patients, they’re requesting that ambulances take patients elsewhere. But they’re also frequently being told that’s not possible.

Texas has millions of uninsured residents, many of whom might at least be covered under Medicaid in other states. Anne Dunkelberg, the associate director for the policy institute “Every Texan,” says that, in its current form, Texas Medicaid mainly covers children. Medicaid is also available for Texas parents, but only if they earn less than a few hundred dollars a month. With factors like those possible savings and the general strain on Texans caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Dunkelberg thinks this could be the best shot Medicaid expansion has at passing since 2010. “If you’re asking me to forecast the Texas legislature, I don’t think there is a wizard or sorcerer in history that could do that,” Nirenberg said.

SAN ANTONIO – More than 1,000 COVID-19 vaccines were administered on the opening day of the Alamodome mass vaccination site Monday. San Antonio officials say they are more than confident the vaccination site will administer 9,000 vaccines by the end of the day Saturday. City officials were provided a tour of how the vaccination site will function. “My hope is that we have 30,000 doses a week,” Bridger said. “We started with one big testing site and then three big ones and then micro testing sites.

(AP Photo/Channi Anand)NEW DELHI — India has reported 48,648 new coronavirus cases, continuing a downward trend in infections even as the country’s caseload has crossed 8 million and is only behind the U.S. The country confirmed 808 new cases on Thursday, bringing the cumulative COVID-19 cases to 100,334, including 712 cases found on a cruise ship earlier this year, according to the ministry figures. About one-third of the cases come from Tokyo, where 221 cases were confirmed Thursday, bringing a prefectural total to 30,677, with 453 deaths. Italy added a record number of new confirmed cases Thursday at more than 26,000. ___LONDON — The World Health Organization says Europe had a record 1.5 million confirmed coronavirus cases in the last week and has reached 10 million of the 44 million global cases.