News Releases
Recent and archived press releases with clinical and research news
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February 23, 2023
Poll finds rates of uninsured children back to pre-pandemic level
The latest analysis of the annual Vanderbilt Child Health Poll of Tennessee parents shows the rate of uninsured children in the state has returned to prepandemic levels. -
February 16, 2023
Tennessee Advanced Communications Network expands to include state hospital systems
Vanderbilt University Medical Center to be an early adopter as a hospital system integrating the Tennessee Advanced Communications Network into its existing network of emergency providers for redundancy communications in the event of a disaster. -
February 8, 2023
Vanderbilt poll finds Tennessee parents trust their children’s health care providers the most for information about vaccines
A recent Vanderbilt poll found parents across the state reporting their children’s health care providers as the most trusted source for information about vaccines. -
February 2, 2023
Risk of household flu spread skyrocketed during pandemic
A Vanderbilt study found that the household spread of flu during the 2021-2022 season was more than twice as high as it was prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. -
January 19, 2023
Emerging Infections Program lands national award for COVID response
Vanderbilt's Emerging Infections Program (EIP) recently received the Toby Merlin Award for Excellence in Emergency Response, presented by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. -
November 3, 2022
Researcher’s decade of analyzing the price of drugs leads to big reforms
Vanderbilt's Stacie Dusetzina, PhD, and several colleagues were able to reflect recently on the South Lawn of the White House about how their contributions through research and data informed the provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act that will save older Americans on Medicare tens of thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket costs each year. -
October 27, 2022
Kidney Transplant Program celebrates 60th anniversary
The Vanderbilt Transplant Center is celebrating its 60th anniversary of its first kidney transplant, performed on Oct. 3, 1962. Since then, VUMC has performed more than 7,000 kidney transplants, of which Walker was one of the earlier cases.