Dr. Christopher Vitek (at left), UTRGV associate professor of biology, and state Rep. R. D. “Bobby” Guerra (center), spoke this week in the Zika research lab on the Edinburg Campus, as biology graduate student and lab manager Heather Hernandez performed tests on pesticide effectiveness. Guerra and other guests toured the facility and got updates on important research UTRGV is conducting on Zika and other vector-borne diseases. (UTRGV Photo by Victoria Brito)

UTRGV faculty and students at forefront of Zika research

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Live webcast: U.S. Senator Susan Collins on Addressing Rising Drug Prices

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Dr. Sara Reyna, UTRGV assistant professor (at center), has received more than $400,000 from the National Institutes of Health to study the relationship between proteins in white blood cells and inflammation. With Reyna (from left) are Sarai Ramirez, a junior majoring in biology, and research associate Phoebe Fang-Mei Chang. Not pictured is research associate Daniel Acevedo. (Photo by Jennifer L. Berghom)

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Pneumococcal Disease: A Vaccine Preventable Threat

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Rabbi Claudio Kogan, M.D., M.B.E., M.Ed., has been named director of The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine’s new Institute for Bioethics and Social Justice.

Rabbi Kogan named director, UTRGV School of Medicine Institute for Bioethics...

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