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May 21, 2020
Team uses imaging to study ways the heart is affected by coronavirus
Researchers are using imaging and diagnostic pathology to examine postmortem hearts donated by victims of COVID-19 to gain a better understanding of how the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 affects the heart. -
May 21, 2020
Five things to know about smell and taste loss in COVID-19
While fever, cough and shortness of breath have characterized the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its list of common symptoms in late April to include a new loss of smell or taste. -
May 21, 2020
Preschools for autism and hearing loss adapt to virtual learning
As social distancing mandates have been implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many teachers have relied on creativity to continue providing educational opportunities for their students. -
May 21, 2020
Team to develop patient data sharing framework for pandemics
Any large-scale effort to use data from COVID-19 patients to serve biomedical or public health research must first concern itself with patient privacy issues. -
May 21, 2020
Survey links employees with mental health resources
In alignment with May being Mental Health Awareness Month, Vanderbilt Behavioral Health and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences are offering employees an additional way to receive support for their mental health. -
May 21, 2020
MIDP students get creative to decontaminate respirator masks
Students from the Medical Innovators Development Program (MIDP) within the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM) have devised a protocol that repurposes hospital blanket warmers to decontaminate N95 respirator masks — a process that could extend the current supply of the disposable masks by allowing them to be reused up to five times. -
May 21, 2020
Praise and gratitude equally abundant at State of Nursing event
Like virtually all large meetings these days, the 2020 State of Nursing address was conducted via teleconference, on Zoom.