HIVMA was created in 2001 by the Infectious Diseases Society of America "to advance a comprehensive and humane response to the HIV pandemic, informed by science and social justice."

To speed HIV research, VUMC scientists are drafting droves of people who do not exist to serve as research subjects.

A Vanderbilt University Medical Center study finds unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions in hospitalized children and highlights opportunity for antibiotic stewardship.

Jacek Hawiger and his colleagues report that a “peptide genomic therapy” given in combination with an antibiotic nearly doubles survival rates from sepsis in an animal model, compared to treatment with antibiotic alone.

With respiratory virus season approaching, health experts at Vanderbilt University Medical Center are urging Middle Tennesseans to protect themselves and their families by getting vaccinated against the flu. For VUMC employees, the Occupational Health Clinic is facilitating multiple influenza vaccination options.

RSV causes substantial seasonal illness during fall and winter in the U.S., with an estimated 100,000-150,000 hospitalizations and 4,000-8,000 deaths.

Community-acquired pneumonia refers to a case of the disease contracted without prior exposure to a health care setting.