COVID-19
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March 19, 2021
COVID-19 and Cancer Consortium study highlights racial disparities, increased mortality for patients facing dual diagnoses
The COVID-19 and Cancer Consortium (CCC19) published new findings in the Annals of Oncology showing heightened mortality and racial disparities for patients with cancer diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 infection. -
March 18, 2021
Study to assess allergic reactions to COVID vaccines
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is recruiting volunteers for a randomized controlled phase 2 clinical trial to help determine the prevalence of systemic allergic reactions (SARS) to the two-dose COVID-19 mRNA vaccines made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna. -
March 15, 2021
Preterm births in Tennessee decreased during pandemic
Statewide stay-at-home orders put in place as Tennessee fought to control the spread of coronavirus last March were associated with a 14% lower rate of preterm birth, according to a research letter published today in JAMA Pediatrics. -
March 12, 2021
Tears of joy, tears of sorrow — College sweethearts, a COVID unit wedding, and a love story that ended too soon
The inside story of how VUMC's COVID unit staff pulled together to arrange a wedding, and a reminder that not every love story has a happy ending -
March 11, 2021
‘Friendly’ bacteria may impact COVID severity
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded Vanderbilt University Medical Center a two-year, $3.7-million contract to determine genetic and bacterial factors that may increase the risk for severe illness and death from COVID-19. -
March 8, 2021
Infection Prevention team likens pandemic to an ultramarathon
“We always say that infection prevention is everyone’s business, and the pandemic reflects that." -
March 4, 2021
Monoclonal antibody “cocktail” blocks COVID-19 variants: study
A monoclonal antibody “cocktail” developed at Vanderbilt University Medical Center to neutralize the COVID-19 virus is effective against all known strains, or variants, of the virus, according to a report published today in the journal Nature Medicine.