COVID-19 breakthrough infections and the omicron variant: What to...
The number of breakthrough COVID-19 infections continues to climb, both in the United States and around the world. Many are now due to...
What does skin cancer look like?
Maintaining your health requires more than living a healthy lifestyle and keeping up with regular health care like screenings and...
The latest on COVID-19’s omicron variant: What’s changed?
Updated Dec. 23, 2021
The omicron variant has now overtaken the delta variant in the United States as the predominant strain of...
13 extraordinary days
The COVID-19 pandemic. The winter freeze. A national blood shortage. The launch of our new Strategy.
These are just a few of the big...
Donor: Why I wrote MD Anderson into my will – and made a...
Writing MD Anderson into our wills was an easy decision for my late wife, Jackie, and me. Because even after she received a stage IV...
Childhood leukemia survivor recalls signing Houston Dynamo...
The happiest day of my life was the day my doctor told me I could stop chemotherapy because my leukemia was in remission.
Cancer researcher: The day I celebrated my graduation...
When I enrolled at MD Anderson UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences in 2017, I never expected to write most of my master’s...
Remembering the day MD Anderson began vaccinating cancer...
I’ve been working at MD Anderson for 16 years, and our patients’ experience here is very important to me. So, when I was asked to help...
The February 2021 winter storm: A week I won’t forget
In my 22 years at MD Anderson, I have seen hurricanes, floods and freezing conditions in Houston, but nothing like the...
Breast ultrasound technologist: The day I became my...
After working so hard to persuade my mom to get a mammogram last fall, it was startling to learn there was actually an area of concern...
The day I was declared cancer-free
I knew I was responding well to my stage IV Hodgkin lymphoma treatment when the grapefruit-sized tumor in my chest began getting...
Nurse: Reflections on MD Anderson’s fifth Magnet designation
Even after five years working on our pediatric unit, I’m still in awe that I’m a nurse at MD Anderson.
We’ve experienced...
The day we launched our Strategy
When I woke on the morning of Jan. 28, 2021 — the day we launched our organizational Strategy — it felt surreal. We had spent so much...
Why I decided to start donating blood at MD Anderson
When my husband, Jeff, was diagnosed with bile duct cancer in June 2019, I’d already been donating blood for almost 20 years. I...
Patient relations manager recalls “a day full of joy”
June 28 is a day I’ll always remember. That was the day we began welcoming visitors back to our campuses after 15 months. It was a day...
What it meant for a drug I tested in clinical trials to...
I vividly recall the moment when a text alert transformed an ordinary Friday into an extraordinary one.
It happened...
Holiday blues? 4 strategies to cope
The holiday season may be the most wonderful time of year for some, but for others, the stress and emotions during this time can be...
Myelofibrosis survivor: A stem cell transplant was the...
During a routine checkup about 20 years ago, my primary care doctor noticed that my blood platelet count was going up. After meeting...
Remembering the day the first COVID-19 vaccines arrived
The box containing the first 4,875 COVID-19 vaccine doses to arrive at MD Anderson was much larger than I’d expected. It only had five...
5 meningioma questions, answered
Meningiomas are a primary central nervous system tumor that make up 38% of all primary intracranial tumors. They are typically...
Brain tumor survivor learns to walk again
Meet Patrick “Miracle” Mead Jr. His wife gave him the nickname “Miracle” after he made a full recovery from a brain tumor that once...
COVID-19’s omicron variant: What we know now
The omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 was first identified in South Africa in late November and has since...
7 ways to make your coffee habit healthier
For many of us, coffee is part of our daily routine. But depending on what you add to your morning brew, you could be consuming a lot...
'Just keep going': Pain management specialist tells...
I knew from an early age that I wanted to be a physician. I was diagnosed with asthma when I was 6, and my doctor back then just had...
What does breast cancer look like?
In many cases, women spot signs of breast cancer outside of regular breast cancer screenings. In fact, paying attention to changes in...
Second-generation inhibitors may change prognosis for...
The FLT3 gene helps stem cells mature to red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets in a process known as differentiation. The...
Leiomyosarcoma survivor hikes the Appalachian Trail
When leiomyosarcoma survivor Gail Walsh told her orthopedic oncologist Patrick Lin, M.D., that she planned to hike the Appalachian...
Radioactive iodine therapy: 9 things to know
Radioactive iodine therapy has been used in the treatment of thyroid cancer since the early 1940s. But how does it work? Which...
Stomach cancer survivor to complete cross-country bike trip
When Daniel ‘Joe’ Einspahr, M.D., and his son bike into Virginia Beach next summer, they will have more than one reason to celebrate....