Methodist Healthcare acquires 18 urgent care clinics in San Antonio
Methodist Healthcare System announced it has acquired 18 Texas MedClinic urgent care clinics in San Antonio.
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University Health holds tax rate steady as new hospitals, federal funding squeeze finances
University Health is keeping its current property tax rate amid opening two new community hospitals and facing federal funding pressures.
Cyclospora is spiking nationally. In Bexar County, fleas and pool water are the bigger concern.
Cyclospora is spiking, but a San Antonio infectious disease doctor says local risks lie elsewhere — from flea-borne typhus to pool parasites.
A summer in the lab: San Antonio teens chase STEM careers at Texas Biomed
Texas Biomed’s Valero Young Scientist Program has doubled to 60 students in its third year. Now, its leaders are eying a possible extension.
San Antonio one of four U.S. cities tapped for national liver disease study
A San Antonio medical group is recruiting patients to participate in a national study looking at better diagnostics for fatty liver disease.
San Antonio hospital sees CAR T-cell therapy surge for cancer patients. Researchers are trying to find out if it could it be used to treat MS and lupus.
The Methodist Healthcare System is looking to advance cellular therapies beyond blood cancer to potentially treat autoimmune diseases.
U.S. Navy microbiologist discovers 14 new viruses and gives them Texas names
A U.S. Navy microbiologist found 14 new bacteria-eating viruses that could help fight drug-resistant infections and gave them Texas names.
Texas Biomed teams up with UK-based biotech company to fight screwworm
Texas Biomed is offering its research labs to an international biotech company looking to develop new technologies against screwworm.
University Health’s 2 new hospitals haven’t opened yet, but officials are already adding extra beds
University Health’s new community hospitals will open with more capacity than originally planned — 80 additional beds.
This San Antonio woman is the first in Texas to receive new rheumatoid arthritis implant
A San Antonio resident was the first in Texas to receive a new neuromodulation device approved by the FDA to treat rheumatoid arthritis.