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As you prepare for the UTHealth Houston Half Marathon & 10K, every run counts, but so does what you do after you cross off those miles. Travis Turner, LAT, athletic trainer with UTHealth Houston, shares three simple recovery tips to help you feel ready to take on race day.
October 9, 2026 at 1:43 PM
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MedTox #job alert! 📢 McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston invites applications for a full-time Assistant Professor position in the Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of Medical Toxicology. Learn more & apply: bit.ly/ACMTJobBoard
October 10, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston Professor Daphne Hernandez has received a four-year, $2 million HRSA grant to support maternal nutrition. go.uth.edu/Hernandez-HRSA
Healthy food for expectant moms
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October 5, 2026 at 1:30 PM
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Euthanasia and assisted suicide were supposed to be rare, carefully regulated last resorts. But in Canada and the Netherlands, the numbers—and some disturbing cases—raise a bigger question: are the safeguards holding up?

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CARING CORRUPTED - The Killing Nurses of The Third Reich
YouTube video by UTHealth Nursing
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October 6, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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The European Commission’s approach to trustworthy AI is built around reliability, lawfulness, and robustness, supported by requirements including human oversight, safety, privacy, transparency, fairness, accountability, and explainability. #EU #Science #MSBMI #UTHealth #AI
September 30, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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Deploying AI in a GxP environment requires more than the model itself. Recent guidance points to appropriate AI capabilities, lifecycle controls, relevant data, scalable hardware, and a workforce with sufficient AI literacy. #MSBMI #AI #UTHealth #Science #AgenticAI
September 30, 2026 at 5:56 PM
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A consistent theme is that there is no single approach for every AI use case. Controls should reflect uncertainty, risk, complexity, and context, with AI incorporated into existing lifecycle activities and continued dialogue between industry and regulators. #MSBMI #AI #UTHealth #Science
September 30, 2026 at 5:51 PM
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The EMA’s approach to AI adoption focuses on three areas: supporting safe and responsible innovation, improving efficiency in regulatory work, and using healthcare data to strengthen evidence based decision making. #AI #UTHealth #MSBMI #STEM #Healthcare #TMC
September 30, 2026 at 5:36 PM
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As AI adoption grows across life sciences, health agencies are moving from industry consultation toward formal guidance and regulation. At the same time, industry practices are developing to bring together established quality and compliance standards with data science. #MSBMI #UTHealth #AI #Science
September 30, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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A risk based approach to AI regulation considers both the credibility of a model’s output and its specific context of use. The evidence needed to establish trust depends on the role of the model and the question it is intended to address. #AI #UTHealth #MSBMI #Healthcare #STEM #Science
September 30, 2026 at 5:28 PM
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🦠📊 Researchers have identified a major #database gap affecting #COVID19 surveillance, highlighting how missing or incomplete #genomic data can make tracking #viral evolution more difficult.

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Database fills gap in long COVID surveillance
UTHealth Houston researchers found that long COVID diagnoses varied significantly across populations and variant periods over two years, revealing patterns that could help public health agencies and…
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September 29, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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Training for the UTHealth Houston Half Marathon & 10K? Make every mile count!

Watch and hear expert tips to help you train consistently, stay healthy, and feel ready for race day. https://ow.ly/X0FG50ZSpg4
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September 28, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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Much of an apple’s fiber and beneficial plant compounds are concentrated in the skin. And eating the whole fruit offers advantages you won’t get from apple juice.
Dolores Woods, RDN, LD, a registered dietitian at UTHealth Houston, explains what apples offer for your health. https://ow.ly/UI9r50ZSrl6
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September 30, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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Interested in a PhD in Microbiology? Check out the Graduate programs at UTHealth MDAnderson👇
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An early experience in a welcoming microbiology lab helped shape Jennifer Walker, PhD, as a scientist and mentor. Hear how her students’ questions inspire her own — and how mentorship, curiosity, and collaboration come together at the Graduate School: https://go.uth.edu/JenniferWalkerPhDOpensDoors
September 28, 2026 at 9:19 PM
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We invite you to join us for the 2026 UTHealth Houston Mood Disorders Conference: The Many Faces of Bipolar Disorder, Oct. 16–17.
Join us and register today: go.uth.edu/Mood2026
September 28, 2026 at 11:35 PM
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NEWS RELEASE 23-SEP-2026

UTHealth Houston database fills gap in Long COVID surveillance

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#LongCovid #PASC
September 25, 2026 at 5:16 PM
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NEWS RELEASE 23-SEP-2026

UTHealth Houston database fills gap in Long COVID surveillance

www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

#LongCovid #PASC
September 25, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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Database fills gap in long COVID surveillance
UTHealth Houston researchers found that long COVID diagnoses varied significantly across populations and variant periods over two years, revealing patterns that could help public health agencies and health systems target follow-up care, monitor long-term effects and allocate health care resources where they're needed most.
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September 27, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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'UTHealth Houston Database Boosts Long COVID Tracking'

'The analysis was published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases'

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UTHealth Houston Database Boosts Long COVID Tracking
UTHealth Houston researchers have found that Long COVID diagnoses varied significantly across populations and variant periods over a two-year period
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September 24, 2026 at 3:50 PM
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Кардіо-МРТ на орбіту не візьмеш, тому команда Левіна разом із Майклом Бунго з UTHealth Houston і Джеймсом Томасом з Northwestern перейшла на ехокардіографію з доплером. До польоту кожного знімали в трьох положеннях: лежачи (нуль g), під нахилом 22 відсотки (Марс) і сидячи (Земля).
September 25, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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UTHealth Houston, 15.3 million insured Texans.

Long COVID claims followed COVID ED waves by 2 to 3 weeks.

Rates were highest in adults over 70 and Medicare patients, with rural Texas also carrying a higher documented burden.

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Temporal, demographic, and geographic patterns of long COVID incidence in relation to SARS-CoV-2 variant emergence: Insights from the Texas all-payer claims database (TX-APCD)
Long COVID, characterized by the persistence of symptoms beyond the acute phase of SARS-CoV-2 infection, affects an estimated 10-30% of individuals with COVID-19, representing around 400 million peopl...
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September 24, 2026 at 3:32 AM
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Went to med school at what is now known as McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. Trained at hospitals throughout the TX Medical Ctr. Amazing education! Prepared me well for Residency & 40 yrs rural fam med in ID & WY. Still help out at a rural facility...when not on the river fly-fishing!
September 22, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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Reaching more people with preventive care sometimes means rethinking where care happens. At UTHealth Houston, Jack Tsai, PhD, is using philanthropic support to turn creative ideas into practical ways to expand access and improve health.
Read more: go.uth.edu/TsaiStory
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September 22, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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🚨New Post: A2B Trial - Are Alpha-2 Agonists Better than Propofol for ICU Sedation?

💊 Neither dexmedetomidine nor clonidine reduced the time to successful extubation compared to propofol

👀Check out the full post here: https://loom.ly/H3A95RM by Dr. Dorian Alexander from UTHealth

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September 21, 2026 at 1:04 PM
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Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston scientists Carolyn Pickering and Mustafa Yildiz are expanding their studies of dementia caregivers with two new grants from the National Institute on Aging. go.uth.edu/NIH-Dementias
Two NIH grants fund dementia caregiver research
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September 18, 2026 at 1:26 PM