Jessica Pasley
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December 11, 2025
Experts call for better adherence to guidelines for antiviral prescribing for children at higher risk of severe influenza
Researchers found a substantial gap between recommendations and real-world treatment practices in pediatric EDs (emergency departments) across the country. -
December 8, 2025
Minutes to hours, to weeks, months and years … How a patient defied the odds
Born at 34 weeks gestation June 8, 2023, Sebastian Brook was admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt with severe hydrocephalus and tetralogy of Fallot. -
December 2, 2025
Study seeks to determine best way to treat myopia in children
Researchers hope to slow the progression of this chronic eye disease that affects approximately 40% of the U.S. population. -
November 25, 2025
New NICU program cares for infants with complex lung and airway diseases
Over the past two decades, there has been a steady increase in the number of patients born preterm with severe lung disease requiring highly specialized care. -
November 21, 2025
Project SEARCH job skills program expands into off-site pharmacy services
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt hosted the first Project SEARCH site in Tennessee, offering interns free job training, educational development and employment opportunities since 2005. -
November 13, 2025
Study finds that guidelines helped reduce food allergy rates in children
Food allergies have significantly dropped since the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases adopted new guidelines in 2017, two years after the groundbreaking Learning Early About Peanut Allergy trial.