Children’s author Wendy Mass’s book The Candymakers is a playful mystery about four children invited to compete in a candy-making competition. The story becomes clearer as Mass reveals each child’s…
The economy wasn’t the only thing affected by the COVID-19 shelter in place or distancing rules. With the cancellation of blood drives and usual donors not going in to donate,…
A month after having his tonsils and adenoids removed, 7-year-old Eden Gonzales stood before a wall-sized photograph of an operating room. A Child Life specialist at University Hospital used the…
On a sunny Monday morning in August 2018, a speeding car lost control and rammed into a group of people awaiting their bus. Several, including 8-months-pregnant Stephanie Johnson, were rushed…
A lot of us think we know exactly what happens in a hospital trauma unit because we’ve been watching television shows like “Grey’s Anatomy” for years. Yes, there is life-and-death…
University Health System released its fifth Community Trauma Report last week, identifying serious injury trends in Bexar County and South Texas based on the thousands of adults and children treated…
When it was time for Ryland Ward to go home from University Hospital, where he had been getting treatment — and encouragement from well-wishers around the world — since being rushed…
A life-threatening injury can happen anywhere, and the closest help is almost always a bystander — be it a friend, a family member or a complete stranger. And because a…
The number of seriously injured children and adults brought to University Hospital's Level 1 trauma center has increased in each year over a five-year span. And even when accounting for…
A new research study about to begin in Bexar and surrounding counties will examine whether a drug already approved for slowing blood loss in other conditions will reduce the risk…