TPHC Statement: Contact Tracing is Effective Scientific Tool to Combat COVID-19
Statement by Texas Public Health Coalition Chair Jason V. Terk, MD, in response to recent questions about the State of Texas ’ COVID-19 contact tracing program. (Source: TMA News Room)
Source: TMA News Room - June 5, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Racism: A Very Important Health Problem
“Americans should not be surprised that it took the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, under the knee of a white police officer to take the COVID-19 pandemic off the lead of every newscast, off the top of every mind, and off the tip of every tongue. Our great country was born with a big problem with racism. Today – 155 years after the end of the Civil War, 65 years after Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., bus, 28 years after Rodney King implored us to “all get along” – our great country still has a big problem with racism..." (Source: TMA News Room)
Source: TMA News Room - June 4, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Texas Doctors: Protect Patients ’ Access to Care From Budget Cuts
The Texas Medical Association (TMA) and several other health organizations are urging state leaders to protect patient access to care by taking essential health care services off the financial chopping block. (Source: TMA News Room)
Source: TMA News Room - June 4, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Veteran Lobbyist Dan Finch to Lead Texas Medical Association Advocacy Team
Dan Finch, a trusted advocate for Texas physicians for nearly 40 years, is the Texas Medical Association ’s (TMA’s) new vice president for advocacy, TMA Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer Michael J. Darrouzet announced today. (Source: TMA News Room)
Source: TMA News Room - June 2, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
TMA Awards 15 Scholarships to Minority Medical Students
Fifteen minority students entering Texas medical schools this fall each will receive a $10,000 scholarship from the Texas Medical Association (TMA). The students were selected for their academic achievement, commitment to community service, and desire to care for Texas ’ increasingly diverse population. (Source: TMA News Room)
Source: TMA News Room - June 1, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
TMA Physicians Award Exceptional Science Teachers
As physicians, epidemiologists, and health care workers lead the fight against a global pandemic, the Texas Medical Association (TMA) named nine Texas science teachers winners of its 2020 Ernest and Sarah Butler Awards for Excellence in Science Teaching. This program year marks the 30th anniversary of the awards, designed to motivate teachers to inspire future doctors and scientists. (Source: TMA News Room)
Source: TMA News Room - May 27, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Survey: Texas Doctor Practices Struggling to Survive Pandemic
Like most independent medical practice physicians struggling to stay afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic, Austin pediatrician Brian Temple, MD, had to make a critical choice: reduce salaries and work hours, or lose the staff and pediatric practice he and his partner had built over six years. (Source: TMA News Room)
Source: TMA News Room - May 20, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
TMA Continues to Support Governor ’s Science-Based Plan to Reopen Texas
Statement by Texas Medical Association (TMA) President Diana L. Fite, MD, about Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ’s announcement on reopening more Texas businesses. (Source: TMA News Room)
Source: TMA News Room - May 18, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
San Antonians Elected TMA Alliance President, President-Elect
The Texas Medical Association Alliance (TMAA) has elected two San Antonio residents as its president and president-elect. President Martha Vijjeswarapu and President-Elect Jennifer Hailey Lewis began their one-year terms Friday. TMAA is the community service and advocacy arm of the Texas Medical Association (TMA), comprising physicians and their spouses and partners. (Source: TMA News Room)
Source: TMA News Room - May 5, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
TMA Names Valley Physician President-Elect, Picks Top Posts in Historic Meeting
The COVID-19 pandemic prompted the action of the Texas Medical Association ’s (TMA’s) “Disaster Board of Trustees” to fill in for its policymaking body to elect TMA’s president-elect for the first time in its 167-year history, choosing Edinburg internist E. Linda Villarreal, MD, for the position, while also naming several other top leaders. (Source: TMA News Room)
Source: TMA News Room - May 5, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Houston Emergency Physician Becomes TMA ’s 155th President Amidst Public Health Emergency
Standing in a near-empty auditorium in the Texas Medical Association (TMA) headquarters, Houston emergency physician Diana L. Fite, MD, today took the oath of office to become the 155th president of America ’s largest state medical society. TMA installed Dr. Fite as president before a live and online gathering of the organization’s Board of Trustees and outgoing president David C. Fleeger, MD. (Source: TMA News Room)
Source: TMA News Room - May 2, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Confused About COVID-19 Tests? Patients Might Learn From TMA ’s How-To Testing Guide
With the internet full of promotions hawking dozens of different lab tests for COVID-19, Texans rightfully might wonder what those tests measure and what the results mean. And as many Texans begin to mingle with each other after six weeks of extreme social distancing, the need to get tested for the virus is growing. (Source: TMA News Room)
Source: TMA News Room - April 30, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
