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He is known for his efforts both on and off the football field.
@JJWatt
of the
@HoustonTexans
raised more than $37 million to support Hurricane Harvey recovery efforts, will receive a Doctor of Humanities in Medicine degree.
Today our faculty members began receiving the COVID-19 vaccine from our affiliate hospitals. Dr. Robert Atmar was one of the first to help
#StickItToCOVID
.
#BCMCares
Congratulations to Drs.
@PeterHotez
and Huda Zoghbi on being inducted into the
@americanacad
. Drs. Hotez and Zoghbi along with other newly elected members signed the Book of Members, which includes notable members like Benjamin Franklin, and Albert Einstein.
Congratulations to the team from the
@TexasChildrens
Center for Vaccine Development at Baylor College of Medicine on receiving the 2023 David and Beatrix Hamburg Award for Advances in Biomedical Research and Clinical Medicine.
#BCMFaculty
#BCMResearch
Last but certainly not least in our
#AAASaward
series, please join us in congratulating
@PeterHotez
as our Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award winner.
Baylor College of Medicine students and faculty gathered with colleagues from around the
@TxMedCenter
in honor of George Floyd on Tuesday, June 2. The group made signs and stood in silence for 8 minutes and 46 seconds in Floyd’s memory.
#WhiteCoatsForBlackLives
Congratulations to the team from the Center for Vaccine Development at Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine on receiving the National Academy of Medicine Hamburg Award.
#BCMFaculty
Baylor College of Medicine and its clinics will continue to keep all public health guidelines in place related to masking, physical distancing, and hand sanitizing in all of our facilities.
On June 9, Baylor College of Medicine students, faculty and staff gathered with neighbors from
@TXMedCenter
to march together in solidarity with the Black community as well as bring attention to equity in healthcare.
#WhiteCoatsForBlackLives
#TMC4BLM
With the delta variant cases rising, Dr.
@PeterHotez
explains what's going on with the variant, what we can do to help stop the spread and more.
#DeltaVariant
Dr.
@PeterHotez
and other experts discuss the real-world studies that look at how the bivalent COVID-19 boosters offer protection against hospitalization and more.
#COVID19
CDC finds the COVID-19 vaccine provides better protection against the virus than "natural immunity." Dr.
@PeterHotez
and other health experts explain.
#COVID19
#COVID19Vaccine
With the number of leprosy cases rising in Florida, Dr. Peter Hotez spoke to
@TheWorld
about the recent uptick in tropical diseases in the U.S.
#tropicaldiseases
Learn how Dr. Rachel Davis designed the Global Surgery Fellowship Track, the first NRMP-recognized global surgery training program in the nation.
#globalhealth
#WomenInScience
Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital launch a new clinical genomic sequencing program to help patients with an undiagnosed condition.
#genomics
A message from our President and CEO,
@DrPaulKlotman
: "Over the last seven days there has been a multitude of emotions from deep sadness to tremendous rage following the senseless death of George Floyd and the reminder of too many others who have suffered the same fate. (1/16)
The Delta variant is popping up around the country in areas with low vaccine rates. Dr.
@PeterHotez
and other health experts stress the importance of getting a vaccine to help stop the spread.
#StopTheSpread
#COVID19
As the Delta variant becomes the dominant strain in the U.S., Dr.
@PeterHotez
and others explain what this could mean for the country.
#COVID19
#COVIDVariants
Today is
#NationalDoctorsDay
and while we believe all of our physicians are incredible every day, the last year has shown us how inspiring and resilient they are. Thank you to our amazing physicians for all that you do for your patients and for our community.
With the uptick in a disease previously though eradicated, Dr.
@PeterHotez
and others discuss how disinformation is leading in the war against vaccines.
#vaccines
Dr. Peter Hotez
@PeterHotez
stresses the need to educate the public more about
#mRNA
#vaccines
in the hope to increase the rate of COVID-19 vaccines among preteens and teens.
#COVID19
Did you know today is World Sickle Cell Day? See how one of our experts turned her experience with this disease into a way to help others with it.
#WorldSickleCellDay
#SickleCellAwareness
There's been a lot of talk of the XBB.1.5 COVID-19 subvariant and Dr.
@PeterHotez
and others discuss what patients need to know about the latest variant.
#COVID19
With the number of strep cases on the rise in kids and adults 65 and older, Dr.
@PeterHotez
shares what people need to know about this bacterial infection.
#strep
#infectiousdiseases
Dr. Huda Zoghbi and her lab find diminished memory recall in Rett syndrome research models can be restored by activating specific inhibitory cells in the hippocampus.
#RettSyndromeAwarenessMonth
#RettSyndrome