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News Releases

Recent press releases approved for use by print, broadcast or online media.
May 8, 2025

Newer preventive options helping reduce RSV-associated hospitalization rates among infants

For decades no effective preventive options existed, and the tools now exist to prevent severe disease.

By Jessica Pasley
May 8, 2025

Veterans with depression have increased risk of heart failure: study

The findings give patients and clinicians have another reason to screen for and treat depression in order to prevent potential future heart failure.

By Matt Batcheldor
Suzanne Duckworth rings the bell in honor of her husband, Matt Duckworth. (photo by Susan Urmy)
May 1, 2025

All cancer patients at Vanderbilt-Ingram will have the opportunity to ring the bell 

Seven months after cancer patient Matt Duckworth’s death, the bell pealed loudly at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center infusion clinic as a plaque was unveiled in his honor.

By Tom Wilemon
May 1, 2025

Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital continues its straight ‘A’ hospital safety designation from The Leapfrog Group   

This straight “A” designation honors the hospital for its continued preventive measures taken against harm.

April 21, 2025

Neurodevelopmental care initiative supports infants and young children exposed to opioids in utero

SHINE program offers neurodevelopmental care embedded within a medical home for infants and young children with neonatal opioid exposures.

By Jessica Pasley
April 15, 2025

VUMC researchers report the number of children with autism in Tennessee has doubled in the past decade

CDC releases new autism data highlighting early identification trends, prevalence and differences across the U.S.

By Danny Bonvissuto