flu vaccination Archive
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March 14, 2019
Flu vaccine participation rate reaches 98 percent
Ninety-eight percent of Vanderbilt University Medical Center employees have received a flu vaccine in each of the past three years, according to data collected by the Vanderbilt Occupational Health Clinic, which oversees the employee flu vaccine program. -
September 20, 2018
Flulapalooza set for Sept. 26
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is ready for its eighth annual mass influenza vaccination event, set for Wednesday, Sept. 26, from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the area between Light Hall and the Veteran’s Administration Hospital. -
January 5, 2018
What you need to know about this year’s flu
Discover what strains are prominent, how effective this year’s vaccine is, and how hard the virus has hit Tennessee so far. -
December 17, 2015
Flu vaccination compliance at VUMC rises dramatically
As of Dec. 1, employee compliance with the influenza vaccination policy at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) has reached 99.9 percent, up from 80 percent on Dec.1, 2014 -
September 2, 2015
Flulapalooza mass vaccination set to take place Oct. 7
Vanderbilt University and Medical Center (VUMC) faculty, staff, students and volunteers will once again have the opportunity to be part of a mass flu vaccination event that four years ago more than doubled the current world record for the total number of vaccinations given in an eight-hour period. -
July 24, 2015
How to trick a wily virus
Vanderbilt investigators have discovered how human antibodies induced during testing of an experimental “bird flu” vaccine kill the virus. -
March 23, 2015
New systems biology method may help improve vaccine evaluation
Researchers at Vanderbilt University have found a new way to “dissect” the human immune response following influenza vaccination.