Tuesday, September 20, 2022
A new COVID-19 booster targeting the omicron variant has been approved for people 12 years and older. Learn from Jason Bowling, MD, infectious diseases specialist, how this booster is different and what else you need to know.
Bowling shares who should get the booster, why it is recommended and the common side effects.
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Dr. Jason Bowling is an Infectious Disease specialist seeing patients at UT Health San Antonio. He is also an Assistant Professor of Infectious Diseases at UT Health San Antonio. After completing his residency in Internal Medicine, he worked as a hospitalist in private practice for five years before returning to fellowship to pursue subspecialty training in Infectious Diseases. He joined the Division of Infectious Diseases faculty in 2010. Since joining, he has maintained an active role as a clinician. He rotates as the attending faculty physician on the inpatient Infectious Diseases consult service, the inpatient HIV medicine ward team, and the Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy Clinic for which he is also the Medical Director.