Betsy Williams has firsthand advice for parents on the fence about whether their adolescent children should be vaccinated for the common human papilloma virus (HPV), which can lead to six types of cancer. Don’t hesitate. Do it.

Home with a cold or the flu? It’s OK to snuggle with your pet, infectious disease doctor says.

Dogs and cats can’t catch or spread human disease and “are a comfort, not a hazard”

Pets of VUMC: A look back at the best of 2019

A handy, one-stop collection of the winners of the “VUMC Voice” 2019 Pets of VUMC contest.

Telehealth grant boosts diabetes prevention efforts

Vanderbilt’s Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) has demonstrated its effectiveness at helping employees lose weight as a means of preventing Type 2 diabetes and has received a five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand the program using telehealth.

Longtime Neurological Surgery chair Allen mourned

George Allen, MD, PhD, an innovative surgeon who served for more than 25 years as chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery at Vanderbilt, died Dec. 7. He was 77.

Pets of VUMC 2019 — Collection #8: Tidings of comfort and joy, dogs edition

God rest ye merry, canines