Jennifer Ramirez-Hernandez was born at 8:46 a.m. at John Sealy Hospital on Oct. 13, becoming the first baby born since Hurricane Ike slammed into Galveston.  Her parents, Florencio and Maria Hernandez, live in Texas City.  It was exactly one month since the hurricane hit.  ... more »

Some weather forecasters may have been recalibrating their computer software after predicting that Wednesday, Aug. 13 was going to be rain-free. more »

Monica Jene received a hero's award for her knowledge of CPR and the quick action that helped to save a baby's life at John Sealy Hospital in April 2008.  Jene is a five-year veteran of UTMB transportation services. She received the award on Tuesday, July 22, along with a teddy bear... more »

GALVESTON, Texas - The University of Texas Medical Branch student readers theater will present two performances of "A Plague of Angels" at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 15 and Wednesday, July16. The first performance will be at the Rosenberg Library; the second will be at UTMB Levin Hall... more »

Dr. David Herndon, director of the Blocker Burn Unit, spoke with Ameera Shahmani, with translation help from Dr. Mohammed Bayasi, on Friday, June 20.  Shahmani was seeking help in repairing her hands that were severely damaged by a car bomb in Iraq in 2004.  She was... more »

The clinical study of extended lunar living and long-term space travel brought NHK Television, Japan's public broadcaster, to UTMB on Friday, June 13. Reporter Ayako Kumei with cameraman Tetsuji Nishi interviewed Dr. Don Powell, director of UTMB’s General Clinical Research Center, and several... more »

MACHALA, ECUADOR -- It was an orthopedic surgery marathon - 55 complex surgeries in four days performed on 45 children and 10 adults - in two tiny operating rooms in Machala, Ecuador.  And, still, the UTMB surgeons, Jay Rapley and Kelly Carmichael, say they'd leap at the chance to do it... more »