COVID

COVID; Prevention; Public Health

What Texans need to know about mpox

Krutika Kuppalli, M.D.
Netanya Utay, M.D.

December 5, 2024

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Updated COVID-19 vaccines: What you need to know

September 11, 2024

Flu, COVID, and RSV vaccines: Who should get them and when

September 13, 2023

POTS or Long COVID? How to tell the difference

June 12, 2023

Omicron boosters: Do I need another COVID-19 shot, and when?

September 12, 2022

Sizing up the second booster: If, and when, to get another COVID-19 shot

April 22, 2022

Why we touch our faces so much – and how to break the habit

Why is it so hard not to touch our own faces? Especially during the COVID-19 pandemic? UT Southwestern explains this instinctual, soothing behavior and how to resist it now more than ever.

March 26, 2020

COVID; Lungs; Prevention

Life cycle of a coronavirus: How respiratory illnesses harm the body

How can a microscopic respiratory infection such as COVID-19 wreak such havoc in the body so quickly? And why do some patients get hit harder than others. UT Southwestern discusses how a coronavirus can progress in our respiratory tracts.

Sonja Bartolome, M.D.

April 2, 2020

COVID; Heart

After heart attack, this rare procedure can save patients from a hole in the heart

VSD, or ventricular septal defect, is a complication in 1/1,000 patients who don't get ER care for a heart attack – and 97% die within a year of suffering this complication. This procedure is the last chance to save their lives.

Anthony Bavry, M.D.

August 19, 2020

COVID

COVID-19 and mask confusion: Separating myths from realities

Wearing a mask to protect yourself and others against COVID-19 pandemic should be a no-brainer, but misinformation and mixed signals have created mask confusion. UT Southwestern separates the myths from the medical realities.

Sonja Bartolome, M.D.

June 25, 2020

'If people who are resistant to mask wearing and getting vaccinated could see what I see every day – a hospital full of children in pain, some struggling to breathe; exhausted health care workers; parents stricken with fear and guilt – I believe most of them would change their behaviors.'

Jennifer Johnston, M.D. quoted from: More kids are being hospitalized with COVID-19 daily. As parents, we can do better.

COVID

After COVID-19 vaccination, how soon will life return to normal?

As more people get fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the natural question becomes: when will life return to normal? UT Southwestern gives you the real answers.