February 26, 2025

Are two dates a day too much?; the elusive causes of autism; are measles boosters a good idea?; plus other news stories with VUMC sources

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Verywell Health reporter Gillian Mohney interviewed Heidi Silver, RD, MS, PhD, research professor of Medicine, and director of the Vanderbilt Diet, Body Composition, and Human Metabolism Core, for a story about the health benefits of eating dates.

Psychology Today made the article “Will We Discover What Causes Autism?” from Stephen Camarata, PhD, professor of Hearing and Speech Sciences, an “essential read” on its website for topic areas including Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome. 

William Schaffner, MD, professor of Preventive Medicine, was quoted by reporters at, among other national and local outlets, Consumer Reports, The Chicago Tribune and Bottom Line (the threat of TB); NBC News and HuffPost (bird flu); Prevention (can bird flu spread between people and cats?); CNN, NPR, Forbes, Self and NBC News (measles death in Texas, and should some people get a measles booster?); NewsNation (states seeking to ban or restrict mRNA vaccines); The Daily Mail (a new coronavirus strain found in China); and Yahoo! Life (“7 common fever myths”).

James Antoon, MD, PhD, MPH, assistant professor of Pediatrics, was interviewed by Health about Tamiflu and how it can reduce the severity of the flu.

Washington DC News, Archynetys, MSN, Medical Xpress, Life Technology and Science Daily covered the JCI Insights study from Jennifer Sucre, MD, associate professor of Pediatrics and Cell and Developmental Biology, that used a four-dimensional microscopy technique to create 3D video images of mouse lung tissue grown in the laboratory.

A Fortune story about practices that physicians have to increase the number of healthy years in their lives quotes Kathryn Lindley, MD, associate professor of Medicine.