Town Square
How ‘Attention’ Highlights The Struggle Between The Mind And The Brain
Posted on · The author of 'Attention: A Love Story' shares how she left behind her medication in the search for understanding the true depth of her attention.
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Town Square
Director of the Sealy Institute for Vaccine Sciences Dispels Vaccine Myths And Misunderstandings
Posted on · We take a look into variants, boosters, and why the mRNA vaccine became the way to combat COVID.
Town Square
Self-Care Awareness Month Highlights The Causes And Solutions To Stress
Posted on · Mental health experts examine ways to reduce stress and why the term "self-care" is misunderstood.
Health & Science
Galveston’s UTMB Performs Crucial Testing For Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine
Posted on · The lab has access to a high-security facility that Pfizer needed to prove its COVID-19 vaccine was working. Now the scientists there are testing the vaccine's effectiveness against viral variants.
Town Square
Houstonians Struggle With Frustration Over Vaccine Hesitancy As COVID Cases Climb
Posted on · Vaccine hesitancy is still a hot-button issue leaving some to wonder if "mutual respect and understanding" are still viable options towards those who refuse to wear masks or accept even the existence of COVID.
Town Square
Texas Lifts Mask Mandate But Doctors And Shoppers Say They Are Keeping Them On
Posted on · Also, the John Sealy Distinguished Chair in Innovations in Molecular Biology at the University of Texas Medical Branch offers some reassuring news regarding vaccines versus the new COVID-19 variants.
Houston Matters
Thursday’s Houston Matters: The Battle Over Mail-In Ballots In Harris County, And Preventing The Next Pandemic (Oct. 1, 2020)
Posted on · On Thursday's show: The latest in the battle over mail-in balloting in Harris County, local researchers are determined to catch the next pandemic before it spreads from animals to humans, advice for job seekers amid the pandemic, and how alligator snapping turtles came to thrive in Buffalo Bayou in the shadow of downtown.
Houston Matters
Special Edition: State Representative Gene Wu and Dr. Susan McLellan (May 20, 2020)
Posted on · A state official and an infectious diseases expert answer listeners’ questions about COVID-19.
Houston Matters
Coronavirus Vaccine Developed A Decade Ago Could Be ‘Ahead Of The Curve’
Posted on · A vaccine, developed by Houston-area researchers beginning in 2010, has been shelved due to a lack of funding but is "worth investigating" for potential use on the current coronavirus outbreak.
Houston Matters
Full Show: Gun Violence Study, Energy Outlook, And The Evolution Of…Evolution (Feb. 7, 2019)
Posted on · On Thursday's Houston Matters: A new study about gun violence. The 2019 energy industry forecast. The city's best new restaurants. And the evolution of...well...evolution.
Houston Matters
UTMB Researchers Accomplish Significant Stride in Bio-Engineered Organs
Posted on · Doctors Joan Nichols and Joaquin Cortiella transplanted bio-engineered lungs into pigs
Houston Matters
Full Show: Santa Fe Starts A New School Year, And Firefighters’ Workers Comp Claims (Aug. 20, 2018)
Posted on · On Monday's Houston Matters: A Santa Fe student explores our nation's gun culture. We learn why Texas firefighters with cancer are consistently denied workers comp. We talk with UTMB researchers who bio-engineered a set of human lungs. And Jeff Balke updates us on local sports.
Houston Matters
Galveston Researcher’s Experimental Ebola Vaccine Is Saving Lives In Africa
Posted on · Dr. Thomas Geisbert of UTMB tells Houston Matters what it takes to develop a new vaccine, how this one is being used in the Congo, and what it could mean for future treatment of the disease.
Houston Matters
Full Show: Zero Tolerance Policy’s Effect On Resources, And Developing A New Ebola Vaccine (June 19, 2018)
Posted on · On Tuesday's Houston Matters: We discuss how the “zero tolerance” immigration policy is straining resources locally. We learn about a new experimental Ebola vaccine developed by a Galveston researcher. Horticulturalist Linda Gay answers your gardening questions. And, to commemorate Juneteenth, we revisit Emancipation Park's re-dedication celebration last year.
News
Ebola ‘Breakthrough’ Promising For Future Treatments & Vaccine, Galveston Researchers Say
Posted on · Researchers say they have already seen some protection against certain virus strains in mice.