Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program Archive
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February 3, 2022
Study finds shorter treatment better for young children with outpatient pneumonia
A Vanderbilt study found that five days of antibiotics is superior to 10 days for children with community-acquired pneumonia who are not hospitalized. -
December 8, 2021
Weigh risks, plan ahead prior to gathering for the holidays
Vanderbilt University Medical Center infectious disease experts advise this is the season to think very wisely about planned get-togethers. -
May 12, 2021
Heparin, platelets discouraged as treatment for blood clots after COVID vaccine
Heparin and platelets are discouraged as treatment for patients who develop blood clots in the brain and low platelet counts 6-15 days after receiving Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen COVID-19 vaccine, following a clinical investigation review of 12 U.S. cases conducted by the CDC and institutions including Vanderbilt University Medical Center. -
April 2, 2021
Investigational vaccine to be tested against COVID-19 variant
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is participating in a national phase 1 clinical trial in healthy adults of an investigational vaccine against the B.1.351 variant of the COVID-19 virus that was first identified in South Africa. -
December 16, 2020
Coronavirus ‘crusaders’ spur VUMC research achievements
The development of the vaccines, monoclonal antibodies and antiviral drugs that ultimately will defeat COVID-19 wouldn’t have been possible had it not been for the unflagging and selfless efforts of a global army of research nurses, laboratory personnel, recruiters and other staff. -
November 2, 2020
VUMC begins study of second COVID-19 vaccine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center has begun recruiting up to 250 participants for a Phase 3 clinical trial testing an investigational COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson. -
June 4, 2020
Remdesivir helps reduce COVID-19 recovery time: study
The investigational antiviral drug remdesivir can shorten the time to recovery in adults hospitalized with COVID-19, according to preliminary results of a clinical trial published last month in The New England Journal of Medicine.