Nancy Humphrey Archive — Page 29 of 30

A smiling medical professional in blue scrubs stands in a vaccination tent while a staff member in a red vest prepares his upper arm for a flu shot; other vaccination staff and attendees are visible in the background.
October 18, 2012

Flulapalooza

By Nancy Humphrey
Elderly woman with short curly blonde hair wearing a pale pink blazer and pearl necklace, seated indoors.
October 11, 2012

VU mourns loss of Pediatrics icon Sell

Sarah H. Sell, M.D., professor of Pediatrics, Emerita, one of the key players in the development of the childhood vaccine to protect against Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), the most common cause of bacterial meningitis in children younger than 5, died Saturday, Oct. 6. She was 99.

By Nancy Humphrey
Circular blue-and-silver hygiene emblem showing hands under running water with the words “CLEAN HANDS SAVE LIVES.”
October 11, 2012

Day set to promote hand hygiene efforts

Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s hand hygiene committee will host its annual Hand Hygiene Awareness Day with hand hygiene tables set up outside the Flulapalooza tent on Wednesday, Oct. 17, and Thursday, Oct. 18.

By Nancy Humphrey
(Susan Urmy/Vanderbilt)
October 10, 2012

Additional volunteers needed for Flulapalooza Oct. 17 and 18

By Nancy Humphrey
(Vanderbilt University)
October 3, 2012

Flulapalooza set for Oct. 17-18

By Nancy Humphrey
(Vanderbilt University)
September 27, 2012

Sequel to record-breaking vaccination event scheduled

Vanderbilt University and Medical Center faculty, staff, students and volunteers will once again have the opportunity to be part of a mass flu vaccination plan that last year more than doubled the current world record for the total number of vaccinations given in an eight-hour period.

By Nancy Humphrey