News - Michael and Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living

As Restaurants Reopen, Gloves and Masks are the New Key Ingredients

Published: May 28, 2020

When Datz Restaurant Group, based in Tampa, Fla., reopened five of its six restaurants over Mother’s Day weekend, employees pitched tents in parking lots to expand outdoor seating, and in compliance with state regulations, limited their dining room capacity to 25 percent.

Can we get ahead of the next surge of coronavirus cases? There’s an app for that.

Published: May 22, 2020

Researchers at UTHealth hope more than 1 million Texans will use mobile app to help track symptoms before outbreaks occur.

Would A Coronavirus Vaccine Be Free For All Americans? It’s Complicated

Published: May 13, 2020

Although a coronavirus vaccine has yet to be approved for the masses, experts are looking to the future, and talking details.

App helps scientists track COVID-19 symptoms

Published: April 27, 2020

A new free research app aims to record users’ COVID19 symptoms, so scientists can learn more about the new virus, understand how it’s spreading and determine hotspots so states would be better suited to focus their resources.

CATCHING FIRE: UTHealth Program Reduces E-Cigarette Use Among Youth

Published: April 08, 2020

It’s time to catch your breath. Actually, that would be CATCH My Breath, a UTHealth School of Public Health program on the frontline of the battle to reduce or eliminate the use of e-cigarette products in schools.

CATCHING FIRE: UTHealth Program Reduces E-Cigarette Use Among Youth

Published: April 08, 2020

It’s time to catch your breath. Actually, that would be CATCH My Breath, a UTHealth School of Public Health program on the frontline of the battle to reduce or eliminate the use of e-cigarette products in schools.

Healthy meals can be easy for Galveston County parents feeding children stuck at home

Published: March 29, 2020

Galveston County parents are working from home, and children are doing schoolwork online because of the coronavirus outbreak, which means parents and children are eating more meals together.

New FDA flavor ban has vape shops, manufacturers breathing sigh of relief

Published: February 18, 2020

Ty Marceaux took a puff from his electronic cigarette and pointed to a small corner of his Heights vape shop once teeming with vape cartridges offering sweet flavors such as mango, grape and pineapple. Earlier this month, the manager of the shop, Rock N’ Roll It, was forced to stop selling fruit- and candy-flavored nicotine cartridges under new Food and Drug Administration regulations aimed at curbing the rise of underaged vaping.

Opinion: How climate change worsens disparities among Austin kids

Published: February 16, 2020

Despite the sometimes oppressive Texas heat, I bike or take the bus to work. On my commute, I crisscross Holly Street, East Cesar Chavez, and downtown.

Opinion: How climate change worsens disparities among Austin kids

Published: February 16, 2020

Despite the sometimes oppressive Texas heat, I bike or take the bus to work. On my commute, I crisscross Holly Street, East Cesar Chavez, and downtown.