Laura Garcia
S.A. Express-News
San Antonio, TX, United States
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Nurse-navigator helps patients get the care they need
Maria Lee, a nurse turned insurance broker, is used to saving her clients money on their premiums. One day, she saved a woman’s leg. → Read More
Relationships outside of doctor’s office could help fight diabetes, according to San Antonio study
Nosotros is a group of community health workers committed to working with Bexar County’s... → Read More
Relationships outside of doctor’s office could help fight diabetes, according to San Antonio study
Nosotros is a group of community health workers committed to working with Bexar County’s most vulnerable population. → Read More
From X-rays to an EKG, San Antonio residents can get urgent care at home
Radiology technologist Jerry Noethan said that people with mobility issues benefit from trained staff going directly to them. → Read More
‘Never been done before’: Morgan’s Wonderland founder expands services for people with disabilities
The $45 million, 165,000-square-foot building, called “The MAC,” is essentially a one-stop shop providing medical and non-medical services. → Read More
Metro Health’s $100 H-E-B gift cards draw crowd for COVID-19 booster
Metro Health is offering a gift card to those who come in for their COVID-19 shot, but locations and times are very limited. → Read More
Updated-COVID-19-boosters available at San Antonio pharmacies
San Antonio Metropolitan Health District and Bexar County’s University Health have not yet released details on whether mass vaccination sites will be set up this time. → Read More
San Antonio microscope ‘like being able to see a dime on the surface of the moon’
Researchers can take super high-resolution movies and images on a molecular level. → Read More
San Antonio doctors use COVID-positive donor organs for transplants
More than 2,700 organs nationwide have been transplanted from deceased, COVID-positive donors — an important development amid a persistent organ shortage. → Read More
San Antonio abortion-rights protesters: ‘This is a battle that will be won in the streets’
Pro-abortion and anti-abortion activists clash in a recent rally held in San Antonio. → Read More
‘Should I go to Austin Pride?’: San Antonio health experts answer monkeypox questions
Metro Health hosts second monkeypox forum at Luther’s Cafe as the local outbreak... → Read More
San Antonio saw a drop in homicides due to family violence amid COVID-19, struggling economy
University Health approved $750,000 18-month contract with STRAC to fund a navigation line that helps law enforcement officers responding to domestic violence calls. → Read More
San Antonio awaits 3,500 more monkeypox vaccine doses
The number of confirmed local cases of monkeypox reached 17, while the number of reported cases in Texas exceeds 800. → Read More
Monkeypox cases increasing in San Antonio, risk remains low
Monkeypox can be a risk to anyone, regardless of sexual orientation or gender. However it is rarely fatal. → Read More
UT Health nursing school awarded $4 million federal grant to expand foster care health services
The grant will fund access to community-based health care in 28 counties under a new... → Read More
San Antonio public health officials urge caution in crowds to prevent spread of monkeypox
San Antonio public health officials urge residents to avoid close, skin-to-skin contact in large crowds where people are wearing minimal clothing. → Read More
San Antonio defense lawyer lobbies for Medicare to cover treatment for ‘side effect’ of cancer care
A San Antonio-based criminal defense lawyer who built her more than 30-year career... → Read More
Planned Parenthood South Texas names woman to succeed longtime CEO
Planned Parenthood South Texas has hired a new president and CEO. → Read More
Third monkeypox case confirmed in Bexar County
As CDC tracks national outbreak of monkeypox virus, at least three cases have been... → Read More
San Antonio nonprofit commissions groundbreaking study on economic mobility
New two-year study to research cash assistance and economic coaching as interventions. → Read More