Vanderbilt Health News Archive — Page 320 of 390

Busy indoor vaccination exercise with families and medical staff at a clinic. A seated woman holds a child while a staff member in a red vest labeled “Vaccinator” works nearby; people wait and receive care throughout the hallway.
October 11, 2012

Photo: Family Mass Vaccination

More than 600 people turned out for Vanderbilt’s recent Family Mass Vaccination exercise at Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks.

By Vanderbilt Health News
A healthcare worker in gloves administers an injection to an older man’s upper arm as he sits in a clinic. The man wears a black cap reading “RECRUIT.”
October 11, 2012

Pneumonia vaccine for children to be tested in older adults

Vanderbilt is taking part in a national study to test in older adults the use of a vaccine designed to protect children against a common cause of pneumonia.

By Vanderbilt Health News
(Vanderbilt University)
October 11, 2012

Flulapalooza event set for Oct. 17, 18

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 Vanderbilt Health News
Child painting an orange pumpkin with a green-handled brush at an outdoor event.
October 11, 2012

We Care for Kids Day 2012

Nearly 2,000 people attended the eighth annual We Care for Kids Day on Sunday, which was hosted by the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt and its community partners.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Portrait of a smiling man wearing glasses, a dark suit, white shirt, and tie.
October 8, 2012

Harvard’s Poussaint to deliver Levi Watkins Jr. Lecture

Alvin Poussaint, M.D., professor of Psychiatry and faculty associate dean for Student Affairs at Harvard Medical School, will deliver Vanderbilt University School of Medicine’s 11th annual Levi Watkins Jr. Lecture at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 16, in 208 Light Hall.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Kerry Ressler speaks and gestures during a lecture, with a projected presentation screen behind him.
October 4, 2012

Forgetting fear key to aiding trauma survivors: Lecturer

If two people experience the same traumatic situation, like an armed bank robbery, for example, they will both likely have an acute fear response: increased heart rate, chills, hot flashes, nausea, abdominal stress, shortness of breath, chest discomfort, sweating and light headedness.

By Vanderbilt Health News